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
Economy: Troika demands yet more austerity
04 Oct 2012
The euro crisis could trigger nationalist disintegration, warns Eddie Ford
Crisis, theory and politics
27 Sep 2012
Nick Rogers interviews Andrew Kliman, New York-based Marxist economist and author of The failure of capitalist production1
Inferno for the proletariat
13 Sep 2012
Toby Abse reviews: Bill Emmott 'Good Italy, bad Italy: why Italy must conquer its demons to face the future', Yale University Press, 2012, pp299, £18.99
Rooted in capitalism
16 Aug 2012
Nick Rogers responds to Arthur Bough
Stuck in the neoclassical world
26 Jul 2012
Nick Rogers bases his economic analysis on a reality which had ceased to exist even in Engelss time, writes Arthur Bough
Miliband clutches at banking straws
12 Jul 2012
Labours plans for root and branch reform of the banks will hardly touch the corruption that is endemic to the system, writes Eddie Ford
Value, profit and crisis
05 Jul 2012
Nick Rogers reviews Andrew Kliman The failure of capitalist production Pluto Press, London, 2012, pp256, £17.99
Haunted by danger of collapse
28 Jun 2012
Another week, another summit. Yet, writes Eddie Ford, with five euro countries now members of the bailout club and Germany declining to foot the bill, there is a distinct danger that the euro will collapse
Economic woes and new scandals
28 Jun 2012
The labour 'reforms' have finally been pushed through parliament, but president Napolitano could be brought down over alleged Mafia contacts. Toby Abse reports
Taking up extreme opposition
21 Jun 2012
The victory of the troika's patsies in the Greek elections should be met with determined class resistance - across Europe, argues Paul Demarty
High noon for the euro
21 Jun 2012
The G20 summit has seen desperate, last-minute moves to prevent debt catastrophe engulfing Spain and Italy, writes Eddie Ford. But is it just more rhetoric?
The EC-IMF-ECB cometh
14 Jun 2012
Euphoria over the Spain bailout 'triumph' proved to be very short-lived, writes Eddie Ford
Planless G8 leaders face abyss
24 May 2012
Angela Merkel and the European Central Bank seem determined to resist calls for Eurobonds and a 'Marshall Plan'-style stimulus package, says Eddie Ford
A weapon for the movement
10 May 2012
Comrades in London are beginning their collective study of Marx's Capital. Jack Conrad introduces what is still an unequalled work
Getting close to the edge
03 May 2012
With the UK officially entering a double-dip recession and European voters turning against austerity, writes Eddie Ford, crisis is everywhere