Capitalism & Crisis > Nature of crisis
A weapon for the movement
10 May 2012
Comrades in London are beginning their collective study of Marx's Capital. Jack Conrad introduces what is still an unequalled work
Stay as money, face death as capital
21 Jan 2016
How can capital extricate itself from crisis? Hillel Ticktin argues that it has no solution
Profitability and the dynamics of capitalism
26 Nov 2015
The faster the rise in productivity, concludes Nick Rogers, the more likely it is that the rate of profit will fall
‘Revolutions in value’ and capitalist crisis
19 Nov 2015
Despite the various criticisms, Marx’s analysis of profitability was basically sound, argues Nick Rogers
Devotees of a dead Scotsman
21 May 2015
Was Adam Smith the champion of ‘free market and classical liberal views’? Chis Gray thinks not
The lucky generation and the historic limits of capital
12 Mar 2015
Optimism amongst mainstream economists is clearly misplaced, argues Michael Roberts
The spectre of deflation
22 Jan 2015
Will falling prices help stimulate the economy? Michael Roberts argues that, on the contrary, profits will be squeezed
‘March of history’ and the question of agency
13 Nov 2014
Immanuel Wallerstein, Randall Collins, Michael Mann, Georgi Derluguian, Craig Calhoun Does capitalism have a future? Oxford University Press, 2013, pp192, £14.99
The current long depression and its nature
02 Oct 2014
Economic slumps are usually preceded by a decline in profits, writes Michael Roberts. This article is based on a presentation made to the CPGB’s Communist University in August 2014
Profit debate: And yet it moves (down)
14 Aug 2014
Irrespective of the specific causes of the 2008-09 crisis, writes Esteban Ezequiel Maito, there is an undeniable tendency for the rate of profit to fall
Not in awe of 'experts'
17 Jul 2014
Bruce Wallace and Steve Dobbs may view him as a ‘bungling amateur’, but Arthur Bough insists that they are wrong about the falling rate of profit
Incomprehensible and erroneous
11 Jul 2014
Did the tendency for the rate of profit to fall cause the crisis of 2008-09? Bruce Wallace and Steve Dobbs reply to Arthur Bough
Rate of profit: False premises, false conclusions
19 Jun 2014
Did the tendency for the rate of profit to fall cause the crisis of 2008-09? On the contrary, says Arthur Bough, the annual rate of profit remained high
Unpicking Piketty
05 Jun 2014
Thomas Piketty Capital in the 21st century Harvard 2014, pp677, £29.95
Failed transition and crisis
22 May 2014
The international working class must reassert itself to prevent a descent into barbarism, writes Hillel Ticktin
Imperialism, war and crisis
17 Apr 2014
Yassamine Mather reports on two days of stimulating debate