tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post2059029603053021454..comments2024-03-29T02:19:19.866-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Birth of a new geopolitical paradigm— Pepe Escobarmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-27323682140191693492021-04-03T03:32:36.136-04:002021-04-03T03:32:36.136-04:00Brats fighting over toys in a sandbox - this is th...Brats fighting over toys in a sandbox - this is the eternal state of geopolitics.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-9927047335042769522021-04-03T03:03:41.092-04:002021-04-03T03:03:41.092-04:00Pepe Escobar, a Brazilian freelance journalist and...<i>Pepe Escobar, a Brazilian freelance journalist and writer, is solidifying his position of an influential public intellectual.</i><br /><br />Being a public intellectual is a dubious designation. They tend to be distractions not worth listening to. Influential radicals are more of a threat to business as usual.<br /><br /><i>The foremost criterion driving national policy is economics, power and its exercise being for the purpose of acquiring resources. Future growth of the global economy lies predominantly with the Global South/East. The question how being decided is whether globalization will be the perpetuation of the Western neo-imperial "rules-based" model ("we make the rules") or the equal partners model rules-based model (international law, UN Charter).</i><br /><br />Yes, but the bigger question is whether the paradigm of growth is sustainable. Does it matter who is at the globalization wheel when we go over the cliff?Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.com