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
Capitalism with Chinese characteristics
10 Apr 2025
The US-China trade war has seen both tit-for-tat tariffs and a strategic attempt to shift away from any reliance on the American market. Yassamine Mather gives her take on current dilemmas and the socio‑economic nature of the People’s Republic
Still riding high
13 Mar 2025
Despite all the mainstream expectations, China has not sunk into recession. The reason, argues Michael Roberts, is the economic plan, which guides both state and private enterprises. But what can it do about those US tariffs?
Struggles in the cathedral
06 Mar 2025
Overproduction in the knowledge economy, zero-hour contracts and a funding crisis. Peter Kennedy puts his faith in ‘transitional demands’ and breaking the labour movement from the chimerical aim of ‘advancing human capital’
Just a dash of insurrection
27 Feb 2025
Pat Taylor reviews Daniel Fish, Elektra, Duke of York’s Theatre, London, until April 12
Recipe for looming crash
20 Feb 2025
Low or zero growth and rising prices. There’s more than a whiff of stagflation in the air, warns Michael Roberts
Fake plastic bungalows
20 Feb 2025
Government plans to solve the housing crisis by building ‘new towns’ are likely to fail - private ownership of this essential human need is the true problem, argues Paul Demarty
Coding good, politics bad
30 Jan 2025
Stock market prices tumbled with the news that the People’s Republic is rivalling western tech barons. And it is not just hype, says Yassamine Mather
Organisation, not assassination
12 Dec 2024
Killing of UnitedHealth boss has been the cause of widespread celebration. However, Australian communist Martin Greenfield argues that CEOs should be made to fear not the bullet, but working class collective power
Planning, not pricing
05 Dec 2024
As Cop29 demonstrated, the world’s states have no solution to climate change. Michael Roberts shows the danger now that global temperatures will head to 20C and way beyond, with disastrous consequences
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