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 and sovereign money
21 Jun 2018
Financial crises cannot be avoided simply through bypassing the commercial banks, argues Michael Roberts
When will the crunch come?
17 May 2018
Capital is facing a global debt crisis, warns Michael Roberts
Push them to the left
03 May 2018
According to a new book, today it is the managers, not the capitalists, who rule. Michael Roberts begs to differ
Trump, trade and the tech war
12 Apr 2018
With globalisation and growth on pause for a decade, Trump’s trade wars aim to keep the biggest US hi-tech and intellectual property companies on top, argues Michael Roberts
Costs of commodification
15 Mar 2018
Pharmaceutical companies routinely fail to publish negative results of research into new drugs. James Linney looks at the case of antidepressants
Negotiating with guns
08 Mar 2018
Donald Trump’s tariffs are about politics, not economic renaissance, argues Paul Demarty
The role of ideology
08 Mar 2018
At the end of the day the religious state functions in a way not dissimilar to that of the liberal bourgeoisie in the west, argues Yassamine Mather
‘Wrong sort’ of privatisation
01 Mar 2018
In the first of two articles, Yassamine Mather examines the development of Iran’s economy since the Islamic revolution
Charities and purity politics
01 Mar 2018
As the Oxfam affair unfolds, Paul Demarty asks why the wave of sexual harassment scandals has given more ammunition to the right than the left
Greatest abuse of humanity
22 Feb 2018
What is the link between neoliberalism and identity politics? Rex Dunn offers his thoughts on what he thinks was a remarkable broadcast
Zombies and the new volatility
15 Feb 2018
The ‘Goldilocks’ days of cheap money are coming to an end, Eddie Ford looks at the consequences
Chinese bank's alternative to Marxism
08 Feb 2018
Is ‘trading economics’ China’s new ‘ideologically acceptable’ theory of capitalism? Michael Roberts looks at the thoughts of a major figure in the People’s Bank of China
Earthquakes and H-bombs
08 Feb 2018
Paul Demarty reports on the heightening drama of US politics
Health service we need
01 Feb 2018
James Linney looks at who benefits from privatisation
‘Dead end’ of privatisation
25 Jan 2018
The collapse of Carillion blows apart a key myth, argues Michael Roberts