Capitalism & Crisis > Keynesianism
Global fight for reforms
16 Feb 2012
Mike Macnair concludes his article on the alternative to nationalistic Keynesianism
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
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
Problem is capitalism
18 Feb 2021
Michael Roberts asks what we should now expect: deflation, inflation or stagflation?
A return to Keynes?
01 Oct 2020
Michael Roberts takes apart the United Nations ‘solution’ to end the Covid-19 pandemic slump
Not an oxymoron?
02 May 2019
Can there be a return to ‘progressive capitalism’? Don’t hold your breath, says Michael Roberts
Supply and demand quandary
13 Dec 2018
Both neoclassical and Keynesian economics have got it wrong, writes Michael Roberts
Free-trade illusions
13 Dec 2018
Mike Macnair continues his argument against tailing the liberals
Keynesianism is no alternative
20 Sep 2018
Michael Roberts reports on the range of illusions on display at a recent international conference
Too modest by half
13 Sep 2018
John McDonnell’s ‘radical’ plans to overhaul company ownership forget about the state - Jim Grant argues that the state will not forget about John McDonnell
The Keynesian dilemma
19 Jul 2018
Will it be free trade or protectionism? Michael Roberts examines the contending views
Negotiating with guns
08 Mar 2018
Donald Trump’s tariffs are about politics, not economic renaissance, argues Paul Demarty
‘Dead end’ of privatisation
25 Jan 2018
The collapse of Carillion blows apart a key myth, argues Michael Roberts
How about thinking like a Marxist?
22 Jun 2017
Chris Gray reviews: Kate Raworth Doughnut economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist Random House Business Books, 2017, pp384, £20
Keynes or Marx?
18 May 2017
What is capital’s driving force? Michael Roberts explores the profit-investment nexus