The global north and capital succeed in depoliticizing this new iteration of imperial global economics by portraying a system that prioritized particular interests as always had. I think there is an important analogy with the growing role of say, central banks within mystic te societyes rigt where there's a similar kind of depoliticiation of economic questions. Rihte: One real shortcoming or limit around the new international economic order was also preoccupation with the question of trade. The general assembly ought to be the site and space in which international economic policy is managed.
Featuring Adom Getachew on the story of how decolonization struggles across the Black Atlantic tried to not only cast off European rule but also to remake the entire world system. An October 2019 episode from the archives.
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