Speak truth to power
Jomo Kwame Sundaram Acceptance remarks on being conferred an honorary doctorate in economics and social development by Inti International...
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US policies slowing world economy
Jomo Kwame Sundaram Few policymakers ever claim credit for causing stagnation and recessions. Yet, they do so all the time, justifying...
Comment on Social Justice and Affirmative Action in Malaysia: The New Economic Policy after 50 Year
Kwame Sundaram Jomo, Asian Economic Policy Review, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2023, pp 120-121. https://doi.org/10.1111/aepr.12411....
Needed global financial reforms foregone yet again
Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13, 2022 (IPS) - Calls for more government regulation and intervention are common during crises....
Rich nations doubly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions
Hezri A. Adnan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 06, 2022 (IPS). Natural flows do not respect national boundaries. The atmosphere...
AGRA gets make-up, not make-over
Timothy A. Wise and Jomo Kwame Sundaram BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29, 2022 (IPS). Despite its dismal record, the Gates...
Open veins of Africa bleeding heavily
Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame Sundaram DAKAR and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22, 2022 (IPS). The ongoing plunder of Africa’s natural resources...
COP27 fiddling as world warms
Hezri A Adnan and Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15, 2022 (IPS). The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a...
Developing countries need monetary financing
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and DAKAR. Nov 01, 2022 (IPS). Developing countries have long been told to avoid borrowing...
Macroeconomic policy coordination more one-sided, ineffective
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and DAKAR. Oct 25, 2022 (IPS). Widespread adverse reactions to the UK government’s recent...
Stop worshiping central banks
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18, 2022 (IPS) - Preoccupied with enhancing their own ‘credibility’...
Inflation phobia hastens recessions, debt crises
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 27, 2022 (IPS) - Inflation phobia among central banks (CBs) is...
1980s’ redux? New context, old threats
1980s’ redux? New context, old threats Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 6, 2022 (IPS) - As rich...
How France underdevelops Africa
How France underdevelops Africa Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 2022 (IPS) - Most sub-Saharan...
How NOT to win friends and influence people
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR. After four years of Trump’s ‘America first’ isolationism, US President...