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Global Political Economy 101: The Mantra of Our Times – Sustainability

It is common to hear in public discourse that the world has never been as interconnected and interdependent as it is today. Technological...

Global Political Economy 101: The Wretched of the Earth - Development and Poverty

This article analyses poverty and development from a historical point of view and will be put in a global context.

Global Political Economy 101: Why Few Have Much, and Many Have Little - Inequality

Inequality is one of the main features of contemporary society. What is its history? How is it conceptualised by scholars?

Global Political Economy 101: Critical Approaches and Dependency Theory

Critical global political economy argues that capitalism is inherently exploitative and therefore it must be overcome.

Neoliberalism: What is It?

Neoliberalism is a commonly used term, however, it presents several discrepancies in establishing what it really is.

Global Political Economy 101: State-centric & Developmentalist Interpretations

This article presents the state-centric economic strand of thought, according to which the state should be at the centre of the economy.

Counter-Hegemonic Regional Integration: ALBA

The ALBA is a project of international cooperation alternative to neoliberal integration. Its features suggest it is counter-hegemonic.

Global Political Economy 101: Liberal and Neoclassical Interpretations

Global Political Economy has been interpreted from a wide range of standpoints; one of the most influential is undoubtedly liberalism.

Regionalism in Latin America: MERCOSUR

The article analyses the dual nature of the MERCOSUR agreement, noticing its neoliberal underpinnings favouring capital over labour.

Global Political Economy 101: Neoliberalism and Globalisation

The article describes the crisis of the Bretton-Wood system and the emergence of the neoliberalist structural adjustment.

Global Political Economy 101: From the Discovery of the Americas to Imperialism

The article addresses the historical evolution of what is now known as the global market, from the Middle Ages to the British Empire