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
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
Neither advocate nor oppose
01 Mar 2012
What should be the attitude of Marxists to Keynesianism? Arthur Bough responds to Mike Macnair
A small victory against workfare
01 Mar 2012
With the government forced into a humiliating climbdown on workfare, Laurie Smith looks at where the welfare system is going and the Left response
Clear economics, weak politics
23 Feb 2012
Mike Macnair reviews Paul Mattick 'Business as usual', Reaktion Books, 2011, pp126,
Global fight for reforms
16 Feb 2012
Mike Macnair concludes his article on the alternative to nationalistic Keynesianism
Danger of default catastrophe remains
16 Feb 2012
Greece's economy has been driven into almost unprecedented depths by the relentless austerity measures, writes Eddie Ford
Promoting the national economy divides workers
09 Feb 2012
Does Keynesianism represent an alternative to austerity? Mike Macnair begins by looking at John Maynard Keynes's actual theory
Greek razor edge
09 Feb 2012
A default by Greece would unleash chaos way beyond the euro zone, writes Eddie Ford
Better dead than Fred
09 Feb 2012
The recent bout of hand-wringing over bankers' bonuses conforms to the general pattern of bourgeois hypocrisy, argues James Turley
Fool's paradise at Davos
02 Feb 2012
Even though Greece continues to edge closer to default, writes Eddie Ford, there has been yet more inaction by global 'leaders'
Monti prepares for fresh attacks
02 Feb 2012
The nature of the Italian resistance to austerity has so far been contradictory, writes Toby Abse
Entering the danger zone again
26 Jan 2012
All the signs are that the ongoing euro crisis is dragging the world economy into recession, writes Eddie Ford
Left goes back to school
26 Jan 2012
Michael Copestake reports on the CPGB's Marxist political economy weekend event
Europe's mutual suicide pact
19 Jan 2012
Austerity plans pursued by European governments are proving to be self-defeating, writes Eddie Ford
Preparing for the second wave
12 Jan 2012
December saw huge protests in Moscow and St Petersburg against the rigging of the elections to the duma. Mark Fischer asked Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky about their significance