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Your Resource Center for
Understanding the Global Economy
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Global Econ 101: An Intro to the Global Economy
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| The first step in becoming active on global economic issues is understanding how the global economy works. Who are the players, how do they make decisions, who benefits, and who suffers. |
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Global Rulemakers
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The WTO
The World Trade Organization is the most powerful governing body on the planet—yet it is designed to benefit corporations while ignoring the needs of communities and the environment.
World Bank and the IMF
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are the world's biggest financial lenders, masked as development organizations. Problem is, they are also the world's biggest loan sharks, keeping poor countries impoverished while helping multinational corporations exploit nations' natural resources.
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Trade Agreements
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| Past “free trade” agreements like NAFTA have bankrupted farmers, resulted in the loss of millions of jobs, made life-saving medicines unaffordable for people in poor countries, and lowered health, safety and environmental standards. |
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Alternatives
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| Not only is a people's globalization possible, it is already here! Help us to continue promoting a global economy of the triple bottom line: environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
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Rights-Based Organizing
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| if you're tired of battling just to slow down the rate of destruction to your community, environment, health and quality of life, and you want to put your energy into stopping the damage, not limiting it, then it's time to organize your neighbors to withdraw consent to the harm, and then assert your community rights and self-governing authority. |
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