by Michaela Cohen | 20 Dec 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Europe, Globalization, Greens Farms Academy, Student Posts, United States
With the election of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world is at a crossroads. We can close our ears to the pleas of the disaffected, or start to listen. Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, at a campaign rally in Jackson, Miss.,...
by News Decoder | 9 Nov 2016 | Americas, Donald Trump, Globalization, Human Rights, United States
We asked four experts — Carroll Bogert (human rights), Tom Burke (environment), Alan Wheatley (international economy) and Alex Nicoll (defense & security) — for their thoughts following Donald Trump’s shock victory in the U.S. presidential...
by News Decoder | 17 Oct 2016 | Donald Trump, Globalization, United States
Tempted to erect trade barriers to protect jobs at home? Think again, says Alan Wheatley, who holds up the iPhone as “the essence of trade.” High school students participating in a mini-course on the U.S. elections recently peppered News-Decoder...
by Alan Wheatley | 11 Oct 2016 | Globalization
Many U.S. voters are anxious about trade and globalization. Incomes are stagnant, inequality rising. But trade can be a solution, not a problem. Customers show off their new iPhones in Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2016. (EPA/Joel Carrett) News-Decoder has teamed up...
by Alan Wheatley | 15 Sep 2016 | Europe, Globalization, United States
Europe is right to order Apple to pay billions of euros of back taxes to Ireland. A failure to crack down on tax avoidance can only fuel populism. Employees at Apple’s European headquarters in Hollyhill, close to Cork, Ireland. 14 May 2015 (EPA/David Keane) This is...