Neo-Colonialism and Modern Economic Institutions
14 minute read Colonialism never ended; it just changed forms. Let’s discuss some of the mechanisms that perpetuate colonial relationships between the global North and South.
Justice from the roots.
14 minute read Colonialism never ended; it just changed forms. Let’s discuss some of the mechanisms that perpetuate colonial relationships between the global North and South.
9 minute read What makes the economy go? Standard economic theory remains woefully energy-blind when it comes to identifying the true drivers of economic growth. In this article, we look beyond surface explanations to identify the ultimate driver of the global explosion of GDP during the last two centuries: energy.
16 minute read What is money anyway, and how does the economy use it? Let’s take a dive into the nuts and bolts of capitalism and see.
14 minute read In the late nineteenth century, Britain wasn’t the only world power on the block; other Western states caught up, and the industrial race was accelerating.
14 minute read With land and forests pushed to their maximum, western Europe needed a new energy source to continue its exploitative growth economy – and they found it in coal.
9 minute read European colonial expansion was one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history – but it couldn’t happen alone.
10 minute read Humans partition the earth and govern it, and each other, as their own. How did this trend start, and how did humans first start to concentrate power?
12 minute read Humans didn’t evolve for agriculture; they evolved as hunter-gatherers. How do people live their lives in such radically different cultures?