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
Referendum gamble plunges euro still deeper into crisis
03 Nov 2011
European leaders are stumbling from one crisis to another, writes Eddie Ford
Euro: disaster beckons
27 Oct 2011
Another summit, another failure. Despite repeated attempts to 'stop the rot' and save the euro there is still no sign of a 'comprehensive plan', writes Eddie Ford
Big bazooka or water pistol?
20 Oct 2011
As the European leaders gather in Brussels on October 23, it could be last chance saloon for the euro zone, writes Eddie Ford
Death by a thousand cuts
13 Oct 2011
With the clock ticking on the euro zone and the UK in danger of slipping in another recession, there is still no sign of 'bold vision' or a 'comprehensive strategy' from the ruling class, argues Eddie Ford
The crisis is financial, it is not economic
13 Oct 2011
Taking issue with Mike Macnair, Arthur Bough insists that the global economy remains in a long-wave upswing and advocates the setting up of workers' cooperatives
Saving labour or capital?
06 Oct 2011
Does the rate of profit tend to fall? The traditional Marxist argument upon which this theoretical proposition is based is badly flawed, argues Moshe Machover
Euro storm clouds gather
29 Sep 2011
World leaders are now frantically trying to cobble together a plan to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the euro zone, writes Eddie Ford. But it could be too little, too late
Facing the grim reaper
22 Sep 2011
Everyone can see the danger of a crash, from the IMF to the Financial Times. But, asks Eddie Ford, where is the Marshall Plan or New Deal?
Mired in sleaze, Berlusconi reaches end of the road
22 Sep 2011
Italy's crisis is not purely economic, writes Toby Abse. The corruption of the political elite has contributed to its credit downgrading
Tinkering at the edges
15 Sep 2011
The Vickers report confirms that it is the system itself that is bankrupt, writes Eddie Ford
Capital's busted flush
08 Sep 2011
The bourgeoisie has no answers to the continuing economic crisis, writes Eddie Ford
The theory of capitalist disintegration
08 Sep 2011
More and more people are saying, 'Marx was right'. But can the present crisis of capitalism be explained by the tendency for the rate of profit to fall, famously discussed by Marx? Profits are high and there is a massive overaccumulation of capital. This is edited version of the speech by Hillel Ticktin to Communist University 2011
Facing a hot autumn
01 Sep 2011
Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi remains in office, writes Toby Abse, but his Bonapartist regime has come to an end
Washington paralysis: a geriatric disorder
11 Aug 2011
Jim Creegan looks at the battle of the budget ceiling and the intransigence of the Tea Partiers
Stock market panics and the danger of another recession
11 Aug 2011
The loss of its triple A credit rating is symbolic of the decline of US hegemony and therefore of capitalism as a system, argues Eddie Ford