
Business & Money
Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers
Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. […Learn More]