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
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
Charities up in alms
19 Apr 2012
George Osborne's tax changes have been criticised for threatening charity in this country - if only, laments Paul Demarty
Expecting the unexpected
12 Apr 2012
The euro crisis never went away. But resistance to austerity is certain to intensify, says Eddie Ford
Pouring oil on stormy waters
05 Apr 2012
The government's supposed 'Thatcher moment' has backfired spectacularly, writes Eddie Ford
Moralistic gesture politics
29 Mar 2012
What has David Cameron been drinking? Michael Copestake takes a look
Revenge of trickledown economics
29 Mar 2012
George Osborne's budget shows that we are not 'all in it together', writes Eddie Ford
Value, prices and probabilities
22 Mar 2012
What is the connection between value and price? Moshé Machover concludes his discussion of the labour theory of value
The centrality of labour-power
15 Mar 2012
Moshé Machover begins his examination of the labour theory of value by looking at the preliminaries