This is edition 2025/43 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media.
Enjoy!
1. Famous US Economists are Looking like Hypocrites & Fools with their Attacks on Trump's Policies. NZ Labour is Secretly being Advised by them.
Rob MacCulloch
- 🌍 Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz criticized globalization in his book "Globalization and Its Discontents" (2002), highlighting its negative impact on low-income workers.
- 💼 Harvard Professor Dani Rodrik's "The Globalization Paradox" (2011) warned against hyper-globalization, advocating for a focus on national democracies.
- 🇺🇸 Both economists argued before Trump's presidency that economic globalization strained domestic societies.
- ⚖️ Stiglitz, Rodrik, and other US academics now critique Trump's policies for prioritizing American interests over global integration.
- 📚 They propose higher taxes and welfare to compensate those disadvantaged by globalization, influencing policies in countries like New Zealand.
