Author
Richard Phillips
New York Editor, The Globalist
[United States]
Richard Phillips is a New York-based international analyst. Since the 1980s, he has served as a senior advisor to major financial institutions around the world.
Among Mr. Phillips current responsibilities is the management of the Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Ratings and Indexes, which measure 200 separate factors to assess the environmental, social and governance performance of over 5,000 companies worldwide.
His clients have included Deutsche Bank, UBS, Société Générale, Deutsche Borse and the United Nations Development Plan.
Mr. Phillips currently serves as senior financial analyst for S-Network Global Indexes and is responsible for developing and managing indexes and ratings that measure discrete aspects of the global economy.
Articles by Richard Phillips
US Presidential Election: 2020 Is Not 2016
Joe Biden will be vilified more and more by the Trump campaign as the election approaches. But this vilification is likely to be confined to inside the right-wing echo chamber.
September 13, 2020
Donald Trump: The Face of the US’s Decline, in Five Epic Failures
COVID 19 has torn the mask off all of the rot that had been festering just below the surface of US politics and society. More and more, the US resembles a developing nation.
August 25, 2020
Coronavirus: Information, Misinformation, Disinformation and Outright Lies
In the Trump era, we urgently need to equip ourselves better for the basic requirements of contemporary truth management. Here is your guide for survival in a very contested field.
May 10, 2020
The Sad State of US and Global Economic Affairs
If -- or is it already when -- the current crisis ends with the United States of America fiscally and monetarily bankrupt, the idea of a full-blown depression becomes all too real.
March 27, 2020
Does US Stare Into Fiscal Abyss? 8 Pointers
Eight key points explaining why the U.S. fiscal stimulus package could drive the country into bankruptcy.
March 25, 2020
Super Tuesday Odds: How Will Sanders Perform?
Instead of a Sanders blowout giving him a near-insurmountable delegate lead and a lock on the nomination, he will now be in a scramble to the convention.
March 3, 2020
Trump Vs. the “Deep State”?
The ardent defenders of President Trump's reckless foreign policy claim that the “deep state” is out to get the President of the United States. Do they have a case?
December 29, 2019
The Democrats’ Wrong Choice on Impeachment
Donald Trump’s rap sheet is spectacularly long. The Democrats made a big political mistake not impeaching him for all his offenses.
December 18, 2019
US: Building an Alliance for Climate Change Mitigation
A sensible climate plan will marry CO2 reductions aimed at remediating the climate challenge with infrastructure improvements designed to mitigate its impact.
September 23, 2019
Long Shot: Marianne Williamson for President!
If Donald J. Trump is darkness, then Marianne Williamson is light.
September 18, 2019
The Summer of 2019
In terms of economic contentedness, the summer of 2019 in the U.S. and globally had an eerie feeling of the summer of 1913.
August 25, 2019
Nancy Pelosi’s Hamlet Moment
For House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, it comes down to this: "To Impeach or not to impeach. That is the question."
June 21, 2019
Enter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Socialist
When Ocasio-Cortez calls for "Medicare for All," the right calls her a socialist. But a large segment of the US electorate may be ready for a bit of socialism.
February 24, 2019
The Four Layers of Trump Disapproval
In the U.S., there is no one left who has not formed an opinion on Donald Trump. That’s a problem for Republicans in 2020.
February 9, 2019
Trump as the Kremlin’s Tool: The Logical Proof
Whether intentional or not, Donald Trump serves the Kremlin's interests -- from NATO to the global economy and the Middle East to democracy.
January 15, 2019
American People to Trump: What’s Goin’ on in the Markets?
What makes this particular market correction so spooky is that, unlike in 2008, no single reason has yet been identified as causing the downturn.
December 27, 2018
The Republican Crime Syndicate Takes Control
The Republican Party has become a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO). As with other criminal organizations, its purpose is to rape, pillage and plunder America.
December 6, 2017
Trump’s First 100 Days in Office: What’s Changed?
The Trump Administration promises a lot, but delivers little. None of his "new" aggressive policies have made any considerable dent.
April 18, 2017
Fake News Alert: Memo to Putin
FSB Briefing Abstract, May 27, 2016 : Plan for Donald Trump to win U.S. Presidency
December 17, 2016
Hillary: I’m Not Donald Trump, Dammit!
Trump can win this election. If he does, it will be because of Hillary's steadfast refusal to take principled stands on any issue.
September 30, 2016
President Trump: The Magic of American Politics
Can this crude, narcissistic demagogue actually become President of the United States?
May 9, 2016
U.S. Politics: Primary Election Mess
This year's U.S. presidential primaries are not selecting candidates that can win the office.
April 5, 2016
United States: The End of Establishment Orthodoxy
Democratic and Republican Party elites have failed to produce outcomes U.S. voters expect.
March 28, 2016
Trump & America, You Can’t Have It Back Again!
Grandpa was dead; the kids were being poisoned; mom was enslaved and Armageddon was just around the corner!
March 16, 2016
The Fallout From Michigan
Takeaways for the would-be frontrunners from Tuesday's U.S. presidential primaries.
March 9, 2016
Bernie Sanders: Tackling America’s Biggest “Rackets”
Health care, education and finance have particularly significant effects in distorting the U.S. economy.
March 3, 2016
Bernie Sanders for President?
Why Bernie Sanders is the person best qualified to be the next President of the United States.
February 2, 2016
Papal Politics in the United States
Catholic men are now a bulwark of the Republican Party. But Pope Francis’s teachings do not square with Republican policies.
September 3, 2015
Iran Deal: Watch Who Is Doing the Warning
The same people who triggered the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq now categorically reject the Iran Deal.
August 12, 2015
The Republicans’ Acid Reflux Syndrome
Presidential candidates are long on blame, short on solutions.
August 4, 2015
US Fed: Go Knock Yourself Out, Chicken Little
Janet Yellen should be more assertive on interest rates.
August 3, 2015
Battling ISIS and the Six Lessons of Vietnam
Eerie similarities between the United States' defeat in Vietnam and early stages of conflict in Iraq and Syria.
June 9, 2015
Immigration: The Story of U.S. Political Dysfunction
President Obama's immigration action is a product of a far larger problem.
December 1, 2014
Pricing the Risk of Climate Change
Why U.S. politicians must learn about dealing with reality.
November 13, 2014
Obama: So Good, Yet So Bad
How can someone so politically adept at campaigning be so politically incompetent at governing?
November 4, 2014
Pity Poor Germany? Leadership Comes with Responsibility
How can an economy, which represents only 4.9% of global GDP, be so central to the global economic outlook?
October 22, 2014
ISIS as a Colonial Creature: Is Washington Being “Played”?
ISIS is not an aberration. It is a legitimate part of the Middle Eastern political landscape.
October 15, 2014
The Power of Video: From ISIS to the NFL
The power of the media to shape and shift public opinion.
September 23, 2014
Willful Ignorance on the Economy
Did the American political right's willfully ignorant view of the economy undermine it's recovery?
September 19, 2014
Willful Ignorance on Foreign Policy
Stability through strength was and is a phantom concept
September 6, 2014
The Dumbest U.S. Foreign Policy Question Asked This Century
What do U.S. politicians mean when they say they want to save Syria?
August 19, 2014
Should Obama Quit His Job?
The job of president of the United States is impossible for anyone holding that office.
August 11, 2014
Countering the Voices of U.S. Economic Extremism
The economic extremism from the far right could have set the United States far off course.
July 17, 2014
This Thing Europeans Call Football
An American’s cultural journey toward the world’s most popular sport.
June 27, 2014
The Nagging Realities of the U.S. Foreign Policy Debate
U.S. foreign policy needs a complete rethink to move past the post-9/11 model.
May 22, 2014
Don’t Count the Democrats Out Just Yet
Why U.S. Republicans may not gain another unearned victory in the fall.
April 1, 2014
Rethinking China’s Future Path
The Chinese economy in its current form may not be sustainable.
March 10, 2014
Don’t Pity the Poor JP Morgan Shareholder
Accountability has to be the key underpinning of modern capitalism.
October 27, 2013
Learning to Love Inflation (Thanks To Quantitative Easing)
Why should real capitalists and long-term investors love quantitative easing?
May 16, 2013
Bringing About Real Corporate Change in Bad Industries
Is capital itself the only practical force capable of restraining capitalism's own excesses?
April 15, 2013
The Capital Paradox
Will groupthink about bank capital ratios merely set the stage for yet another banking crisis?
February 13, 2012
President Obama, Call the Republicans’ Bluff
Why would slashing government spending be more dangerous than a short-term failure to raise the debt ceiling?
July 13, 2011
President Obama, Plug the Hole
Is President Obama the only man who can plug the hole in American governance?
June 15, 2010
Obama's Lost Opportunity
Why isn't President Obama taking more tough stances on key issues?
July 30, 2009
Stop! You’re Giving Me the Blues
How should the United States pull itself out of this current state of (economic) depression?
November 20, 2008
A Second Bretton Woods
With the world economy on fire, what are the two most important steps needed to get to safer shores?
October 13, 2008
Why Europe Needs — And Wants — Bush to Win
How has President Bush's leadership benefited Europe?
October 13, 2004