English

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de maio, 2026

– 3p.

Regulating the economy: social policies

Social policies aren’t an expense, they’re an investment: universal health, education, and care are what make a society productive. When profit becomes the only criterion, we lose not just efficiency — we lose control…

Resenhas

Stephen Kinzer

3 de abril, 2008

– 296p.

All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

Com os dramas atuais, achei util resgatar a resenha que fiz do livro do historiador Stephen Kinzer. Ajuda a entender a profundidade e permanência das agressões americanas contra o Irã. Com uma narrativa envolvente…

Resenhas

Tim Berners-Lee

7 de março, 2025

– 400p.

This is for everyone: the unfinished story of the World Wide Web

In this intimate memoir, Berners-Lee tells the story of his iconic invention, exploring how it launched a new era of creativity and collaboration while unleashing powerful forces that imperil truth and privacy and polarize…

Artigos Em Destaque

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de fevereiro, 2026

– 3p.

Unravelling the digital revolution: the way ahead

Beyond GDP: redefining progress in the age of unproductive capital – The challenges are stark: inequality, environmental destruction, financial turmoil, and violence fueled by profit-driven competition. The way ahead is to make communication infrastructure…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de janeiro, 2026

– 3p.

Unravelling the digital revolution: the growing challenges

Why analog governance fails in an age of digital, global flows …

Pílulas Informativas

Committee against Torture (CAT) United Nations Rights Treaty Bodies

6 de dezembro, 2025

– 1p.

A tortura como política de Estado

O relatório da ONU Committee against Torture (CAT) United Nations Rights Treaty Bodies, apresenta a prática da tortura e de tratamentos degradantes como política de Estado em Israel. Aqui o parágrafo 28 do relatório, no…

Artigos Recebidos

Noam Chomsky

2 de outubro, 2018

– 3p.

Noam Chomsky em visita a Lula: o Brasil e a era do capital improdutivo

Em 2018, Noam Chomsky esteve no Brasil, visitou Lula e escreveu um texto que vai além do momento político — uma análise lúcida sobre o papel do capital financeiro, a erosão da democracia e…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de novembro, 2025

– 2p.

The digital revolution: from capitalism to rentierism

How immaterial networks, algorithms, and financial platforms are reshaping global power, production, and inequality …

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de outubro, 2025

– 3p.

Winds of change – Reimagining our economic and political landscape

The winds of change are blowing, but old structures resist. Our challenge is not scarcity, but the urgent need to redesign the rules of economy and power for a fairer world….

Artigos Recebidos

Johana Bhuiyan

22 de setembro, 2025

– 2p.

Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir

Durante anos, pouco se sabia sobre a empresa multibilionária que gerencia dados para a agência de imigração dos EUA. Agora, uma série de e-mails, documentos de treinamento e relatórios esclarecem como a Palantir auxilia…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

28 de setembro, 2025

– 15p.

The political economy of the digital revolution

This short but detailed article provides an overview of our structural challenges. It’s essential to understand that technological changes are intertwined with economic, social, and political transformations. A new system emerges from so many…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de setembro, 2025

– 3p.

The territorial dimensions of development

Reimagining global governance in a networked world: from tracks to fiber, networks—not nations—set the pace of development. It’s time for cross-border, democratic infrastructure….

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de agosto, 2025

– 3p.

The basic economic cycle in the hands of rentiers

How finance hijacked the economy and why economics no longer serves the public good …

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

16 de maio, 2025

– 3p.

O direito a não desperdiçar a vida / The currency of life: the time of our lives

(Also available in English) A luta por dignidade exige novas pautas. Exercer ocupação relevante. Não sofrer a captura da atenção, nas redes sociais. Não perder horas num transporte precário. Não deixar que nossa existência…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de março, 2025

– 3p.

The power pyramid

When the needs of the few control the lives of the many: Research in recent years has enabled us to understand the global power structure that emerges from the digital revolution, with online global…

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de dezembro, 2024

– 3p.

Global prosperity isn’t enough: the case for basic income

Exploring how universal basic income could solve social inequities and stimulate economic growth …

Artigos

Ladislau Dowbor

9 de novembro, 2024

– 3p.

Brazil’s Bolsa Família: a global approach to ending hunger

Leveraging Brazil’s zero hunger model for a world-scale solution to inequality and poverty …

Livros por Ladislau Dowbor

Ladislau Dowbor

8 de novembro, 2024

– 232p.

Systemic challenges in the digital age: bringing the social puzzle parts together

This is not a book for economists: our challenges are much wider. I took the simple path, writing short chapters on the different trends, spreading them on the table, so to speak, so that…