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
Italy: The end of Mario Monti?
20 Dec 2012
Toby Abse reports on the latest manoeuvres in Rome
Starbucks tax: A system built for playing
13 Dec 2012
The Starbucks tax fiasco tells us much more about Britain than greedy corporations, reckons Paul Demarty
Austerity: The madness of a dying system
29 Nov 2012
The ruling class has no alternative to austerity and the drive to create a pristine capitalism. Not only is that impossible, but, as shown by South Africa, the working class is beginning to revolt. This is an edited version a speech by Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique, on November 17
November 14 strikes: Europe unites to resist austerity
22 Nov 2012
As the EU slips into recession, November 14 gave us a taste of what is possible, argues Eddie Ford
EU budget: ‘Official communists’ welcome Miliband’s conversion to austerity
08 Nov 2012
Europhobes of all political hues have tasted blood following the coalition governments defeat over the EU budget, writes Eddie Ford
Pay: Living wage farce
08 Nov 2012
Minimum pay should be determined by workers commissions, argues Michael Copestake
UK Economy: Bumping along the bottom
01 Nov 2012
Whilst the UK economy is officially no longer in a recession, writes Eddie Ford, it remains in deep trouble
EU summit: Berlin demands yet more austerity
25 Oct 2012
The October 18 EU summit was another exercise in procrastination, argues Eddie Ford, and Spain shows the worst is almost certainly not over
Economics of the madhouse
25 Oct 2012
Hillel Ticktin reviews: Paul Krugman' End this depression now!', Norton, New York, 2012, pp272, £14.99
Keynes: The great saviour and his leftwinger converts
18 Oct 2012
Capitalism is in terminal decline. So why, asks Jack Conrad, do so many on the left advocate not socialism, but increased government spending, deficit financing and Keynesian solutions?
Economic crisis: Awarded for services rendered
18 Oct 2012
The EU has been given the Nobel Prize, but quite clearly the whole project is in danger of falling apart, writes Eddie Ford
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