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Donald Trump is doing everything he can to convince the world that, under his leadership, the United States is an unreliable trading partner.

Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job. Donald Trump’s election provides a useful occasion to examine the difference between what rich people want and what constitutes a thriving economy.

China is now Africa’s largest trading partner, with partnerships focused on building roads, railways and energy projects.

In American Slavers, Sean M. Kelley surveys the relatively unknown history of Americans who traded in slaves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

What peanut trading in late 19th century Senegal tells us about the fine line between slavery and freedom.

In the absence of more attention to the supply chain, the U.S. is becoming even more reliant on Beijing—and ‘friendshoring’ often increases that dependence.

While industrial capitalism got rid of the landlord class, capitalism still had economic rent, but instead of being paid to the landlord class, it is now paid to the banks in the form of interest.

Moscow - along with Beijing - is preparing for a long-term geopolitical confrontation in Africa.

Working for the New York Daily Tribune, Marx excoriated the British empire’s opium trade that brought China under its influence with a staggering human cost