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
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
With great skill
18 Jan 2018
James Linney urges resistance to the ‘organisation of misery’
Process of decomposition
18 Jan 2018
How can the ruling class extricate itself from the current impasse? Hillel Ticktin reviews the state of global capital
Cryptocurrency craze
14 Dec 2017
Does bitcoin open the way to a world free from the control of global authorities? No chance, argues Michael Roberts
Poststructuralism and decline
23 Nov 2017
Rex Dunn argues that sexism within the left is not the root cause for the rise of political correctness and identity politics
California über alles
28 Sep 2017
Uber’s troubles in London are indicative of the brittleness of the Silicon Valley tech elite, argues Paul Demarty
Hire and fire as they please
21 Sep 2017
With union combativity languishing, writes Michael Roberts, real wages continue to fall despite full employment