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Attacking the world's poor: The effects of US tariffs on least developed economies

How will US tariffs affect the least developed countries? Daniel Gay considers possible impacts, highlighting how they might inflict greater pain on already struggling populations.

Race, Profit, and Algorithms: How iBuyers Leverage Neighbourhood Inequality

How do algorithm-driven business models interact with historical patterns of segregation, property devaluation, and racial capitalism? Wonyoung So addresses this question in new research into iBuyers—a new class of real estate actors in the United States. Read on!

Book Review: Land, Water, Air and Freedom: The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice by Joan Martínez-Alier

Joan Martínez-Alier’s latest book offers important evidence on why the environmentalism of the poor is key to socioecological transformation. Also, it doesn’t shy away from thorny subjects.

Book round-up: Latest works by CLaSP members

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The Centre on Labour, Sustainability and Global Production (CLaSP) is an interdisciplinary research centre at Queen Mary University of London that brings together scholars interested in the interconnections between work, enterprises, finance, regulation, and sustainability in the global economy.

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