The political economy of crises

In the effort to analyze the mechanism of crises, I will focus on two key points. The first is Globalization, while the second is Western military intervention. The analysis that depends on the political economy of the crises is a better way to provide a clear vision on how to deal with the refugees, famines, poverty, climate change and global warming. 

“The deceptive promise of free trade," a documentary on the DW channel explained how a small village cooperative in Cameron was destroyed by Onion imports from Holland. On the other side, the EU is paying 60 billion euros annually to support the agricultural sector. In Germany, the government subsidizes every hectare of farmland up to 280 Euros annually. Free trade agreements with Cameron prevent the government from doing so. 

In Syria, the war that tore the country off produced the worst refugee crisis since WW2. Over 10 million Syrians were displaced internally and as refugees. Germany alone accepted around 1.5 million Syrian Refugees. The Syrian refugee crisis is the result of a Western proxy war against the central government. Turkey, as a member of NATO, opened up its border for global jihad in Syria. Oil and gas are the real reasons for the outbreak of the Syrian crisis, not human rights and corruption.

In his book “Capital in the 21st Century,” French economist Thomas Piketty discussed the topic of the inequality gap that is getting wider. He explained many reasons behind it. Tax havens were the main contributor to the inequality gap. He suggested a global tax on wealth, and the shutdown of the tax havens. 

The question now is: How to deal with the crises?

Collective efforts won’t succeed. The global tax on wealth that Thomas Piketty suggested requires a worldwide agreement. It won’t happen. I mean the world leaders can’t agree until today on practical steps to deal with Global warming and climate change which is urgent and more important. Wealthy people are the ones writing the rules, they won’t work against themselves. Individuals should act and get more involved with the debate about their future and the future of our planet. Individuals could spread the word, write in the social media and local newspapers, talk to their politicians in the parliament and maybe support young people like them, to represent them, their concerns and their dreams of a better world for everybody.

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