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
Accumulation of misery
08 Jul 2021
The economy is in deep trouble. Poverty, inequality and personal debt are increasing. Esen Uslu urges the left to do more than blame Erdoğan’s hapless government
Threat of a new slump
01 Jul 2021
There has been much exaggerated talk of the dangers of inflation. But, if interest rates rise, Michael Roberts sees the zombie corporations getting into real trouble
From G7 to D11
17 Jun 2021
Carbis Bay was more about creating a US-led anti-Chinese alliance than vaccinating the world or saving the planet, maintains Eddie Ford
Decline in profitability
03 Jun 2021
Capitalism’s productivity failure can best be explained by Marxist theory, writes Michael Roberts
Where is America going?
03 Jun 2021
Has there been a social democratic turn following Joe Biden’s victory? Now, after all, his administration promises not only to tax the rich, but help the poor. Then there is China, the EU and the so-called third world. This is an edited version of the talk Hillel Ticktin gave to the May 27 Online Communist Forum
Inflation and financial risk
13 May 2021
Covid-19 has blown a big hole in the theories of mainstream economists, Michael Roberts explains
Coefficients and inequalities
06 May 2021
The distribution of income reveals marked differences, but, as shown by Michael Roberts, it is wealth that is the real give-away
Rent-seeking as mass murder
06 May 2021
The row over vaccine patent waivers reveals the inhuman logic of intellectual property, argues Paul Demarty
Three million and rising
22 Apr 2021
With global deaths surpassing a significant landmark, Eddie Ford points the finger of blame for this horrendous example of social murder at government bungling and disorganisation
New financial fictions
15 Apr 2021
Michael Roberts spotlights the latest ways capitalists have come up with to cheat and swindle
Financial fictions
08 Apr 2021
What Marx described as the ‘purest and most colossal form of gambling and swindling’ continues today, but on an altogether bigger scale Michael Roberts looks at some recent examples
Tip of an iceberg
08 Apr 2021
Bribery, fraud, nepotism and graft are all endemic to the bourgeois order, writes Derek James
Capitalism and labour productivity
01 Apr 2021
Even non-Marxists have to admit that Marx was right. Michael Roberts looks at a newly published paper
AI and our tasks
01 Apr 2021
Yassamine Mather examines the many problems posed for the workers’ movement by artificial intelligence
In the era of pandemics
18 Mar 2021
Covid-19 has brought with it the potential for genuine transformation. Mark Kosman unashamedly looks on the bright side