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Robin Broad

Dr. Robin Broad is Professor of international development at American University. She teaches courses on economic globalization & development as well as environment & development, with a focus on social, environmental, and economic accountability.

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	Views Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Obama's Keystone Decision Shows Why We Should Reject TPP Earlier this month, President Obama announced that his administration had decided against the Keystone XL pipeline that the TransCanada Corp. proposed to build between Canada and the United States. He did so explicitly citing environmental concerns, notably the need for the U.S. to be "a global... Read more
	Views Tuesday, January 21, 2014 The Global Fight Against Corporate Rule Read more
	Views Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Billionaires: Decline of the West, Rise of the Rest Read more
	Views Thursday, April 18, 2013 How About a Tax System for the 99 Percent? Paying taxes, as tens of millions of us in the United States do every April, evokes many emotions—from gratitude for government programs that feed the hungry to disgust over paying for fossil fuel subsidies and unjust wars. Read more
	Views Thursday, November 29, 2012 It's The New Economy, Stupid Most progressives have long embraced a clear alternative to the conservative story that prosperity flows best from a “free market” unfettered by government regulation and taxes. The standard progressive response: government incentives and spending are essential to spur the creation of jobs, and... Read more
	Views Monday, June 11, 2012 Mining Gold, Undermining Democracy A tribunal in Washington, D.C. that nobody elected recently issued a verdict that potentially hinders the democratic rights of millions of people. Its three members ruled that a foreign company may continue to sue El Salvador for not letting the company mine gold there. The impoverished Central American country could potentially be forced to pay a Canadian mining company called Pacific Rim $77 million or more in damages. This anti-democratic ruling has ominous implications for all of us. Read more
	Views Thursday, May 31, 2012 What Comes Next?: Building on Occupy and the 99% Spring Where does the Occupy movement turn next? Can social movements build on its momentum? Will protest and new forms of mobilization create change to transform the economy to one that works for people and the planet? Read more
	Views Thursday, March 29, 2012 A World Bank President We Can Get Behind? Over the past week, there has been a small revolution in a part of the universe of the elite, and the collective actions of citizen groups deserve some credit for it. Read more
	Views Friday, March 16, 2012 What Do World Bank Poverty Statistics Really Tell Us? Now here is what sounds like a New York Times headline to celebrate: “ Dire Poverty Falls Despite Global Slump, Report Finds. ” That report would be a 6-page World Bank briefing note, the press release for which is titled: “ New Estimates Reveal Drop in Extreme Poverty 2005-2010. ” Echoes The Economist: “ Read more
	Views Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Occupy vs. the Global Race to the Bottom Ever since the first tent was pitched in Zuccotti Park in September 2011, the Occupy protests have been giving life to a “99 percent movement.” Expect to hear a lot more from them: plans for a 99 percent spring —starting as early as April—are now in the making. Read more

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