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
Late capitalism and inflation
14 Nov 2024
Michael Roberts offers an appreciation of Ernest Mandel and takes issue with the idea that soaring prices can benefit the working class
Was the economy, stupid
07 Nov 2024
What effect will the new president’s policies have on the US economy? Will real wages rise? What about profits? Michael Roberts investigates
Remains our bedrock
17 Oct 2024
Michael Roberts reviews Ahmet Tonak and Sungar Savran In the tracks of Marx’s Capital: debates in Marxian political economy and lessons for 21st century capitalism Palgrave Macmillan 2024, pp485, £99
How to buy a government
10 Oct 2024
Labour is supposed to be the party of working people, but its recent troubles show how bourgeois politics and big money interweave, argues Paul Demarty
Dark underbelly of the beast
26 Sep 2024
It comes with huge promises and many dangers. Robert James explores how capital seeks to make use of artificial intelligence at the expense of labour
Another predator escapes justice
26 Sep 2024
Class society puts people at the mercy of sadists like Mohamed al-Fayed, says Paul Demarty. However, a counter-culture of radical egalitarianism can combat the established culture of abuse
It will happen again
12 Sep 2024
Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report spreads blame around lavishly, but downplays the responsibility of government policy and institutional corruption, argues Mike Macnair
Delusions of techno-fix
01 Aug 2024
Instead of dealing with the root causes of the climate crisis, there is a frantic search for technological solutions. However, argues Jack Conrad, there is a real danger of making what is already bad, badder still
A day of chaos
25 Jul 2024
After a botched software upgrade, Microsoft’s Blue Friday outage shows the price of putting software and IT infrastructure under the rule of capital, argues Paul Demarty
Reeves and her ‘securonomics’
11 Jul 2024
Labour’s leadership is relying on big business to bring the economic growth needed to fix ‘broken Britain’. Michael Roberts predicts a one-term government
Best hope for progress?
04 Jul 2024
Michael Roberts reviews Ruchir Sharma What went wrong with capitalism? Allen Lane 2024, pp384, £10.99
Regrets, they’ve had a few
23 May 2024
Why has the SWP issued a public statement on its 2013 rape scandal? Paul Demarty looks at the record and searches for answers
Mark of the beast
23 May 2024
Trying to ‘influence those with the greatest power’ to ‘minimise’ the ‘harmful effects of climate change’ with the ‘utmost speed and resolution’ has proven to be a predictable failure, argues Jack Conrad. Instead of soggy protest politics, we need the politics of power
Delusions of a progressive capitalism
16 May 2024
Michael Roberts reviews Joseph E Stiglitz The road to freedom: economics and the good society Allen Lane pp384, £25
Monetarism and its discontents
09 May 2024
Most mainstream economists still imagine that high interest rates are the most effective way to fight inflation. Michael Roberts begs to differ. Inflation is less a demand, more a supply issue