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The recent financial crisis, the collapse of Wall Street icons, and the responsibility of their executives guarantee that business ethics will continue to gain the attention of academic scholars, business [...]

The Trump administration continues to ramp up its criticism of the mainstream media, arguing that it needs to bypass an 'enemy of the people' that it has accused of being [...]

The article focuses on the media literacy education efforts in the U.S. amidst growing concern over the spread of fake news. Topics covered include the media literacy legislation introduced by 10 states in 2017, the incorporation of media literacy in classrooms, and tools that can be used to add media literacy components to existing curricula.

The article examines the impact of declining oil prices on major global economies citing slight improvement in the U.S., advantages to importing countries, and the weakening of revenues for oil-producing states like Russia, Nigeria, and Iran.

The article discusses the possible impact of the austerity of the eurozone amidst the election of left-wing party Syriza in a legislative election in Greece.

The article offers information related to violence being experienced by journalists when covering protests and demonstrations. Topics include insights from journalists Davis Winborne and David Minsky on violence they suffered while covering certain activism, tips on how journalists could cover protests without suffering from violence, and the September 2017 protest in St. Louis, Missouri.

The article discusses the implications of European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's announcement of the plan of ECB to embark on the unlimited buying of eurozone bonds to support debtor governments which will operate in conjunction with the permanent rescue agency European Stability Mechanism. The author points out that the ECB intervention is just another temporary fix that will buy some more time. The impact on Spain of the ECB offer of support is examined.

The article focuses on eurozone crisis which ruled the G20 meeting of world capitalist leaders in Los Cabos in Mexico from June 18-19, 2012. U.S. President Barack Obama called for the restraining of austerity measures with growth policies while European leaders warned that the U.S.' own debt burden could push the country, and the world economy, over the edge of the abyss. It cites that only the U.S., Canada and Germany have got back to their pre-crisis peak of production among the G7 countries.

The article discusses the monetary crisis in the European zone including the Greek bail-out plans and Spain's budget deficit. In order to minimize the monetary crisis, 25 European Union (EU) governments except Great Britain and the Czech Republic have formed a fiscal pact, which aims to restrict their government's budget deficits and national debt. It is also stated that the working class sector is one of the stakeholders in the unification of Europe.

The article identifies 2012 as a year of struggles for world capitalist economy with a reduced global growth estimated to be between 1.9% to 4.2%. World leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh all accept the possibility of a new global economic crisis. Events involving the crisis of Eurozone banks and unresolved Greek capitalism are also analyzed.

The article presents the author's insights on the sovereign debt crisis of Eurozone countries in 2012. The author says that the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone were originally created to overcome national antagonisms between European countries and prevent the possibility of another German hegemony. However, the EU and the Eurozone linked the sovereign debts of various member nations and the influence of Germany have increased in the EU.

The author analyzes a financial package to address the debt crisis in Greece that leaders in the eurozone finalized during their summit meeting last July 21, 2011. She discusses the allocation of 109 billion euros to help Greece make loan payments and prevent its departure from the euro. She examines the feasibility of a bond exchange for Greek bonds, including the dependence of the deal on the agreement of eurozone parliaments and governments.

The article discusses the current state of world stock markets. According to the author, the world economy seems to be headed for a double-dip recession or a continuation of the great recession of 2008-2009 after minimal recovery in 2010. The developments in global stock exchanges in the first three weeks of August 2011 have resulted in the change of outlook to a slowdown. International investors were affected by the subsequent downgrade in the U.S. credit status by Standard & Poor's (S&P).

The article analyzes Great Britain's economic situation and the looming fiscal crisis. Unemployment is expected to increase further, the British pound has been devaluated, consumer spending is down by half, and inflation rates are rising. The fiscal struggle is attributed to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat's (Con-Dem) economic policy which mainly focuses on deficit-reduction. The author predicted that the austerity measures being implemented could result to a political meltdown and the working class struggling to take over the economy.

This article reports on the launch of QE2, a second round of quantitative easing, by the U.S. Federal Reserve. According to the author, this is a desperate move to improve the country's economic growth following the great recession. She says that its main effect will be the devaluation of the U.S. dollar, but she believes that this move will affect currency wars, trade conflicts and the global economy in general. Details of the slowdown of the U.S. economy in 2010 are presented.

The article discusses the currency war between the U.S. and China. The U.S. trade deficit with China is seen by workers as a cause of the Chinese regime's manipulation of its currency. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would treat imports benefiting from an undervalued yuan as benefitting from subsidies, subjecting them based on rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Chinese regime has reportedly shown that will not accept sanctions passively but will pursue its own counter-measures.

The article discusses the case of four Socialist party members of the trade union, Unison, in Great Britain, who were prohibited to run for office for up to three years early in 2010 because of their call for more democracy within the union. The four have issued leaflets that criticise the union's Standing Order Committee (SOC) for not including more than 50 branch resolutions for discussion at the Unison conference in 2007. An employment tribunal (ET) headed by N. Weiniger has decided the case of the four members.

The article presents an analysis of the status of the world economy as of December 2009. The crisis that started since 2007 is cited as the worst crisis since 1930s. World trade collapsed with a 16 percent decline expected in 2009. Major factors in the limited recovery of the global economy are said to be the sustained growth in China and the return to positive growth in the U.S. Prospects for the global capitalist economy are also offered.

The article discusses the factors that contributed to the global economic crisis. The banking industry and finance sector are seen as responsible for the financial meltdown, with the lowering of the interest rate, loosening of the money supply, and introduction of financial instruments. The boom in the finance sector from the early 1980s saw investments made to benefit the broader economy and with accelerated globalisation of financial markets, more speculative activity and bigger risks.

The article reports on the downturn in the global banking system in October 2008 brought about by the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. The refusal of Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke and company to help bailout the Lehman Brothers is said to cause a crisis that spread from the U.S. to Europe. In turn, the U.S., Great Britain and Europe reportedly had to implement their rescue package for the banks. Paulson on October 14, used the Emergency Economic Stabilisation Act to put funds in the U.S. banking system.