Wesley W. Widmaier is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and at the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University in Brisbane Australia. His research interests include International Political Economy, International Relations Theory and the specific role of wars and crises as mechanisms of large-scale change. He is currently completing a manuscript on the interplay of economic consensus, crisis and change from the Great Crash to the Global Financial Crisis.
Trump’s Carrier coup reveals credibility gap between Twitter rhetoric and economic reality
Dec 01, 2016 02:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business
In a political coup, President-elect Donald Trump says that his transition team has struck a deal with Carriers Indianapolis plant to keep 1,000 jobs in the state. Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers...
It's not just the economy, stupid; it's whether the economy is fair
Aug 29, 2016 00:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Most experts say globalisation spreads wealth, bringing people out of poverty and nations closer together. But right now some politicians and their supporters are arguing it simply increases inequality. Whats really going...
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