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
Predictions amidst uncertainties
16 Mar 2017
Yassamine Mather looks behind the rhetoric of the ‘resistance economy’
Toilet-paper labour
09 Mar 2017
Thomas Klikauer reviews: David Macaray, 'Night shift - 270 factory stories', CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015, pp360, $17.99
Inequality reaches new high
23 Feb 2017
Marx’s prediction 150 years ago that capitalism would lead to greater concentration of wealth has been borne out, writes Michael Roberts
Don’t shit where you eat
02 Feb 2017
Theresa May is only one of many people put in an awkward position by Donald Trump’s travel bans, argues Paul Demarty
Getting to grips with Trumpism
02 Feb 2017
Peter Manson reports on the joint meeting of the CPGB and Labour Party Marxists
Capital’s wishful thinking
15 Dec 2016
Sections of the ruling class are now optimistic that Donald Trump will implement pro-business measures. But will they work? Michael Roberts analyses the likely impact of ‘Trumponomics’
The ruling class turns?
08 Dec 2016
Following the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, Hillel Ticktin analyses capital’s perspectives
Cycles within cycles
01 Dec 2016
Nick Rogers reviews: Michael Roberts, 'The long depression: how it happened, why it happened and what happens next', Haymarket Books, 2016, pp360, £14.99
Economics of the madhouse
01 Dec 2016
Despite the construction boom, things are not boding well for Erdoğan, writes Esen Uslu
Integration and disintegration
01 Dec 2016
Hillel Ticktin outlines the political and economic forces at play in the European Union
Saint Bob’s bauble
20 Oct 2016
Dylan’s Nobel prize has little to do with him, and more to do with the flagging artistic establishment, argues Harley Filben
Rate of profit continues to fall
13 Oct 2016
Michael Roberts looks at the US data from 1948 to 2015
Turbulence ahead
06 Oct 2016
All the indications are that the global economy is heading for big trouble, writes Michael Roberts
The period of transition
06 Oct 2016
What does it mean to say that capitalism is in decline? Hillel Ticktin analyses the characteristics of the final stage
Media: old and new
15 Sep 2016
What is the impact of technology on the mass media? How can the left overcome its marginality in the public discourse? Should we trust Google searches? Paul Demarty addressed the past, present and future of the media at this year’s Communist University