Globalisation

The pendulum swung against globalisation in 2022 – and that’s no bad thing | Larry Elliott

Climate crisis, Ukraine invasion and China-US tensions are challenging assumption free markets are best

Larry Elliott

26, Dec, 2022 @1:57 PM

Gordon Brown changes his tune on nationalism | Brief letters

Brief letters: Brown’s British jobs | Nurses’ pay | Cheap food for MPs | Market forces

15, Nov, 2022 @5:57 PM

Nationalism is the ideology of our age. No wonder the world is in crisis | Gordon Brown

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden should be pushing for greater cooperation at the G20, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

15, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

Globalisation of food production has left millions hungry | Letters

Letters: Edward Davey says heads of state need to act with urgency to address the global food crisis. Plus letters from Benny Dembitzer and Brian Fish

Letters

23, May, 2022 @5:34 PM

With no A-listers, can Davos still play a part on the global stage?

This year’s meeting may just manage some climate progress, but many say the forum is irrelevant in a changed world

Larry Elliott

21, May, 2022 @11:05 PM

China’s struggle delights some – but should make us all nervous | Larry Elliott

Covid has amplified the threats that accompany the country’s role as an economic superpower

Larry Elliott

15, May, 2022 @12:50 PM

As tensions rise between east and west, will HSBC be torn apart?

The bank, once a herald of globalisation, is struggling to placate investors amid US-China trade wars and crisis in Hong Kong

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

07, May, 2022 @3:02 PM

Globalisation is not working – in an age of insecurity, we need more local solutions | Larry Elliott

From the supply-chain crisis to Covid vaccines, the past couple of years have brought home the benefits of self-sufficiency, says the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott

Larry Elliott

21, Apr, 2022 @9:39 AM

The big idea: is tourism bad for us?

Wanderlust may be surging once more – but will travel really help us find what we’re looking for?

Stuart Jeffries

07, Mar, 2022 @12:30 PM

Young people more optimistic about the world than older generations – Unicef

Despite mental health and climate concerns, youth believe they can improve the world, survey for World Children’s Day finds

Peter Beaumont

18, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM

How Covid spread fear of globalisation and threatens a new world order

From China backtracking on coal to Britain’s ‘chicken king’ calling for a rethink of food production, the virus has accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky

Martin Farrer

15, Oct, 2021 @11:39 PM