We propose a theory of the relationship between globalization and pandemics. We start by documenting the importance of international trade for the diffusion of infections in several pandemics ...

This paper builds and analyzes a new global macro-historical database of effective tax rates on capital and labor in 154 countries. We establish a new stylized fact: while effective capital tax rates ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Addressing climate change, shoring up the middle class to strengthen democracy, and eradicating poverty are three large issues that countries around the world are grappling with today. But too often ...

David J. Lynch has reported from more than 60 countries for news organizations including The Washington Post, where he is currently a staff writer, as well as the Financial Times, Bloomberg and USA ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

When a business expands its operation into other countries, the impact of globalization on human resource development and management is significant. Companies need to consider a diverse range of ...

Protectionism will change how companies do business—but not in the ways you think. by Pankaj Ghemawat Business leaders are scrambling to adjust to a world few imagined possible just a year ago. The ...

The traditional left-right dichotomy that long defined political life received a twin shock in 2016 with Britain's withdrawal from the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president ...

Today, amid the tariff war, we witness the emergence of throwaway lines about the "end of globalization." If we mean globalization defined by the dominance of the transatlantic economies, then that ...

The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close. Illustration by Ben Jones. Jacobin‘s winter issue, “Municipal Socialism,” is out now.

Two men checking a train timetable during the COVID-19 pandemic. How does globalization influence the spread of infectious diseases, and what insights can we draw from historical pandemics to inform ...