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
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
Death in academia
02 May 2024
Oxford University has finally closed down its Future of Humanity Institute. Paul Demarty explores the social limits of AI and the long-termist utilitarian ideology promoted by Nick Bostrom
Lights going out
25 Apr 2024
Dissatisfaction rates soar, surgeries close and new contracts are imposed on unwilling GPs - all part of the ongoing privatisation drive, writes James Linney
From magnificent to desperate
11 Apr 2024
Share prices hit record highs, profits soar. Is another recession really off the agenda? Michael Roberts investigates present-day capitalism’s inability to end stagnation and revolutionise productivity
Money, debt and crap
11 Apr 2024
Thames Water has defaulted on debt repayments; there is talk of renationalisation. Meanwhile there is an ongoing scandal about the release of untreated sewage into rivers and seas. Mike Macnair investigates the problems and possible solutions
Not dealing with causes
28 Mar 2024
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva is suddenly worrying about inequality, says Michael Roberts. A significant ideological shift away from the neoliberal consensus
Rules of the game
14 Mar 2024
Liam Byrne reckons that the social mission of Labour is for ‘equality’ and ‘fairness’ and yet the fundamental causes of inequality lie in the system of capital itself, writes Michael Roberts
Online Communist Forum, Sunday March 10 5pm
07 Mar 2024
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Mike Taber and Daria Dyakonova speak about their new book The communist women’s movement 1920‑22, proceedings, resolutions and reports
Only solution: socialist democracy
29 Feb 2024
Is the People’s Republic heading for a crack-up or uninterrupted progress, asks Daniel Lazare. Perhaps we should ask Frederick Engels - or maybe not
Decay fast and furious
29 Feb 2024
At great human cost NHS dentistry has been driven almost to the point of extinction. A similar outcome threatens health services in general, writes Ian Spencer
Continuing the false narrative
15 Feb 2024
Will Moore reviews Tom Barrow (director) 'The miners’ strike 1984 - the battle for Britain' Channel 4
Isabel Schnabel’s last mile
15 Feb 2024
Central bankers are determined to keep interest rates high in an effort to dampen down inflation. But, as Michael Roberts explains, the reason why there has been a spike in inflation is down to supply issues and excessive profits, not excessive demand