Carlos Taibo Arias (born in Madrid, 12 May 1956) is a writer, editor, and retired[1] professor of political science at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

[4] Taibo coined the phrase La globalización avanza hacia un caos que escapa a todo control.

This claim, that economic growth is related to progress and social welfare, is commonly questioned by critics of capitalism.

Carlos Taibo has been a member of socialist journal Sin Permiso since its founding in 2006, and has been published in the media, such as with the newspaper Público.

[6] He is the author of more than thirty books in Spanish and Galician, mostly related to political transitions in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe,[7] as well as on geopolitical issues more generally.