...n dollars a year in revenue —this from a company whose creed is “Don’t be evil.” Groups with the clout to publicize larger issues, TI chief among them, should now be able to connect the dots and ultimately make sure that the G20 and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development see the larger picture of massive and pervasive revenue losses for governments around the world. Why has this not happened yet? One possible answer may lie i...
...re-activation of deeper currents of resistance. In its legacy, Occupy Wall Street reflects the 2011 summer occupations of European cities like Athens and Madrid in response to the debt crisis, as well as the worldwide G8 and G20 protests that began in the late 1990s in response to neo-liberal economic practices. Perhaps most pivotally, OWS takes inspiration from the Arab Spring, when newly mobilized mass gatherings confronted some of the most op...
...elf into the global economy, bringing back the benefits to the people of Indonesia, who deserve real change after decades of repression and economic suffering. Indonesia now has the third highest rate of economic growth among G20 countries, only trailing China and India, which are studied extensively at Columbia and across the United States. While it faces many challenges in eliminating corruption and maintaining its great ethnic and religious di...
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