Helen Thompson
Helen Thompson is a professor of political economy at the University of Cambridge. In addition to contributing to publications including The New Statesman, The New York Times, and The Financial Times, Thompson has written books such as Oil and the western economic crisis, China and the mortgaging of America, and Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century.
Recent geopolitical turning points, like Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, were chapters in a story that extends decades back in world history.