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
Rate of profit: False premises, false conclusions
19 Jun 2014
Did the tendency for the rate of profit to fall cause the crisis of 2008-09? On the contrary, says Arthur Bough, the annual rate of profit remained high
Unpicking Piketty
05 Jun 2014
Thomas Piketty Capital in the 21st century Harvard 2014, pp677, £29.95
We are the 0.00001%
22 May 2014
Despite the sharp rise in income inequality, Osborne’s ‘plan A’ gamble might still pay off, writes Eddie Ford
Failed transition and crisis
22 May 2014
The international working class must reassert itself to prevent a descent into barbarism, writes Hillel Ticktin
Circling the drain
17 Apr 2014
The Co-op faces demutualisation by a thousand cuts, argues Paul Demarty
Imperialism, war and crisis
17 Apr 2014
Yassamine Mather reports on two days of stimulating debate
Political economy of chaos
10 Apr 2014
On the eve of the Critique conference Hillel Ticktin points to questions that need to be tackled
Osborne’s plans for election victory
04 Apr 2014
This year’s budget was meant to make older voters feel good and keep the housing bubble inflated. Eddie Ford looks back to March 19
Economic crisis: Only our class can force change
19 Dec 2013
After exploring the possibilities of capitalism ending the depression, Hillel Ticktin stresses the necessity of working class organisation
Virtual money: Exchange without value
12 Dec 2013
Anthony Rose looks at the growth of non-governmental virtual money
Austerity: His side is winning the class struggle
05 Dec 2013
Hillel Ticktin examines the balance of forces and the quandary of the ruling class
Capital’s labour of Sisyphus
28 Nov 2013
What next after the failure of plan A? There is little prospect of real growth, argues Hillel Ticktin
IT house of cards
21 Nov 2013
There is a disaster waiting to happen in information technology, warns Amir Parviz Pouyan
Tea Party: An enraged Frankenstein's monster
24 Oct 2013
The Tea Party seemed to come from nowhere. But nowadays it is turning on its big business patrons and threatening the interests of capitalism itself, writes Jim Creegan
Global economy: Too big not to fail
05 Sep 2013
The very size of the global economy produces a tendency to crisis, argues Moshé Machover1