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Jomo Kwame Sundaram, a former economics professor, was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and received the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. CETRI Associate Researcher.
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Can East Asia Show the Way ?
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 03/06/25
With two-fifths of the world economy, East Asia can inspire others by creatively responding to the US President’s tariff challenge by promoting fair, dynamic and peaceful regional cooperation. No winners in economic war Trump’s Liberation Day (...)
Trump Accord Sows Discord in US Empire
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 08/05/25
President Trump has deliberately sown discord worldwide to better serve supposed US interests. He will not cede influence, let alone power and control, to other nations, let alone people. Mar-a-Lago Accord His chief economic adviser, Stephen (...)
Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 22/04/25
Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade’ other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire. Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has (...)
Malnutrition Not Due to Cash Poverty Alone
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 27/03/25
The World Bank set its US ‘dollar-a-day’ poverty line using its 1990 data. Despite many doubts and criticisms, its poverty numbers fell until the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. Cash measures The Bank claimed credit for reducing poverty in the (...)
America First Deepens World Stagnation
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 27/02/25
Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) appeal captured US mass discontent against globalisation. In recent decades, variations of America First have reflected growing ethnonationalism in the world’s presumptive hegemony. Deglobalisation ? (...)
Imperialism (Still) Rules
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 10/02/25
Many in the West, of the political right and left, now deny imperialism. For some, empires were pre-capitalist atavisms. But even the Economist now sees Trump’s revival of this US legacy. Many in the West, of the political right and left, now (...)
An ‘Exorbitant Privilege’ for All ?
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Ndongo Samba Sylla 30/01/25
Ending US$ dominance alone will not end monetary imperialism. Only appropriate multilateral arrangements to clear international payments can meet Global South aspirations for sustainable development. Ending US dollar dominance alone will not (...)
Food Systems Worsen Diets, Health
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 22/01/25
Corporate-dominated food systems are responsible for widespread but still spreading malnutrition and ill health. Poor diets worsen non-communicable diseases (NCDs), now costing over eight trillion dollars yearly ! Unhealthy food systems A (...)
Financing for Development Priorities Today
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 07/01/25
The forthcoming UN Financing for Development conference must address developing countries’ major financial challenges. Recent setbacks to sustainable development and climate action make FfD4 critical. The forthcoming fourth United Nations (...)
New Approaches Urgently Needed to Tackle Resurgent Social Crises
Jomo Kwame Sundaram 05/12/24
Despite uneven economic recovery since the pandemic, poverty, inequality, and food insecurity continue to worsen, including in the Asia-Pacific, which used to fare better than the rest of the South. Despite uneven economic recovery since the (...)