Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Flippy and ghost work
07 Jul 2022
Automation sees low-skilled workers replaced, but there are many unintended consequences. Only the replacement of the profit motive would allow automation to deliver real human benefits, argues Michael Roberts
Working long and hard
30 Jun 2022
David Graeber’s bullshit jobs thesis is plain wrong. Capitalist social relations are driving up hours and ruining people’s health, writes Michael Roberts
Scissor blades closing
23 Jun 2022
Prices soaring, real wages falling and a new slump very much on the cards. Michael Roberts looks at the prospects for the world economy
At whose service?
16 Jun 2022
Reform of primary care should not be trusted to the likes of Policy Exchange, writes James Linney. This ‘independent’ think tank was set up by Tories to serve the Tory agenda of cost-saving and profit-making
Inflation and pauperisation
09 Jun 2022
Inflation is soaring, along with chauvinist rhetoric. Things are not looking good for Erdoğan and Erdoğanomics, reports Esen Uslu
Running out of luck
26 May 2022
The new Labor government is committed, like its predecessor, to the US alliance and disengaging with China. Meanwhile, real wages fall, inflation increases and climate change brings floods, fires and droughts. Michael Roberts looks at a country facing troubled times
Luxury amidst poverty
19 May 2022
Soaring prices and shortages of basic foodstuffs have triggered anti-government protests and riots, reports Yassamine Mather
Crypto unTethered
19 May 2022
Speculation is inherent in capitalism, writes Michael Roberts. That is why we have seen the appearance of cryptocurrencies
Understanding capitalist dynamics
12 May 2022
Ian Wright reviews 'How labor powers the global economy' by Emmanuel Farjoun, Moshé Machover and David Zachariah (Springer Publishing 2022, pp166, £90)
A new Marshall plan?
05 May 2022
The US and its allies see the war as a heaven-sent opportunity to weaken Russia, writes Michael Roberts. Next will come China - and the working class will pay the price
Stunts, problems and solutions
05 May 2022
The ‘right to buy’ scam exposes the Tories as the party of buy-to-let landlords, property speculators and City-boy financiers, argues Mike Macnair
Trouble in paradise
05 May 2022
Like other such territories, the British Virgin Islands is an outpost of corrupt City of London financial scams and operations, writes Eddie Ford
Split three ways
28 Apr 2022
Low growth and high unemployment will continue, not go away. Michael Roberts looks at the world’s fifth largest economy following the presidential election
Alternative to ‘restraint’
21 Apr 2022
Neither establishment explanation for the cause of inflation is valid, argues Michael Roberts
SUPPLEMENT: Imperialism and the state (Part IV)
14 Apr 2022
There can never be a world capitalist state. Hierarchy and inequality between many states is an inevitable feature of capitalism