Capitalism & Crisis > Finance capital
The centrality of labour-power
15 Mar 2012
Moshé Machover begins his examination of the labour theory of value by looking at the preliminaries
Inequality reaches new high
23 Feb 2017
Marx’s prediction 150 years ago that capitalism would lead to greater concentration of wealth has been borne out, writes Michael Roberts
Rate of profit continues to fall
13 Oct 2016
Michael Roberts looks at the US data from 1948 to 2015
Turbulence ahead
06 Oct 2016
All the indications are that the global economy is heading for big trouble, writes Michael Roberts
The period of transition
06 Oct 2016
What does it mean to say that capitalism is in decline? Hillel Ticktin analyses the characteristics of the final stage
Brexit, TTIP and TPP
21 Jul 2016
Michael Roberts examines a possible effect of a British withdrawal from the European Union
Consistent, realistic, verifiable
28 Apr 2016
Michael Roberts reviews: Fred Moseley, 'Money and totality', Brill, 2016, pp436, £102
Panama and how we are ruled
14 Apr 2016
Tax havens are an integral part of modern neoliberal capitalism, argues Yassamine Mather
Two strategic illusions
24 Mar 2016
Money can function fully only if it is world money, writes Mike Macnair
And the band played on
14 Jan 2016
As Chinese woes once again spread throughout the world economy, Paul Demarty wonders what could shake the complacency of the bourgeoisie
Is it all over?
06 Aug 2015
Michael Roberts looks at the implications of China’s stock market collapse
Fictitious capital and the rate of profit
02 Jul 2015
Arthur Bough takes issue with Chris Gray
Close down financial casinos
30 Apr 2015
Flash crashes, high-frequency trading and chicanery - ‘spoofing’ is just a symptom, writes Michael Roberts
The debt is illegitimate
19 Feb 2015
Yassamine Mather looks at the background to the Greek crisis
Dodgy bankers, dodgy clients
19 Feb 2015
Under both the Tories and New Labour, Britain became one vast tax haven - a playground for the super-rich. Eddie Ford looks at the HSBC scandal
Troika demands more blood
18 Dec 2014
Eddie Ford thinks it is irresponsible to spread illusions in a Syriza-led government