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
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
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