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
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
Sugar-coated Satan sandwich
04 Aug 2011
Obama has signed up to a vicious cuts programme that takes the US to the brink of a double-dip recession. Eddie Ford examines the debt deal
Facing debtgeddon
28 Jul 2011
Greece has defaulted in all but name and the US treasury is only days away from running out of funds. Eddie Ford looks at the ongoing crisis
Political suicide or managed decline?
21 Jul 2011
With the sovereign debt contagion spreading, the euro facing existential crisis, the possibility of a US default and gold prices hitting record highs there is a real possibility that capitalism is heading for a further sharp downturn. But, asks Jack Conrad, does Keynesianism offer a way out?
Contagion spreads to the core
21 Jul 2011
The escalating euro zone crisis and the possibility of the US defaulting on its deficit could trigger another global economic meltdown, writes Eddie Ford - and yet more attacks on the working class
Euro zone crisis spreads from periphery to core
14 Jul 2011
Toby Abse looks at the interplay between economics and politics after 'Black Friday'
An ethical revolution of the mind
02 Jun 2011
Esther of Democracia Real Ya spoke to the Weekly Worker
Striking together
02 Jun 2011
Ben Lewis looks forward to a bold show of mass opposition to austerity on June 30
Beyond disunity
24 Mar 2011
In seeking to prop up their crisis-ridden system, the capitalist class is united around cuts, cuts and more cuts. If we are to fight back and win, our class must also unite, argues Ben Lewis