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
Political economy of chaos
10 Apr 2014
On the eve of the Critique conference Hillel Ticktin points to questions that need to be tackled
Economic crisis: Only our class can force change
19 Dec 2013
After exploring the possibilities of capitalism ending the depression, Hillel Ticktin stresses the necessity of working class organisation
Austerity: His side is winning the class struggle
05 Dec 2013
Hillel Ticktin examines the balance of forces and the quandary of the ruling class
Capital’s labour of Sisyphus
28 Nov 2013
What next after the failure of plan A? There is little prospect of real growth, argues Hillel Ticktin
Tea Party: An enraged Frankenstein's monster
24 Oct 2013
The Tea Party seemed to come from nowhere. But nowadays it is turning on its big business patrons and threatening the interests of capitalism itself, writes Jim Creegan
Global economy: Too big not to fail
05 Sep 2013
The very size of the global economy produces a tendency to crisis, argues Moshé Machover1
Capitalism: Declining forms, failing system
08 Aug 2013
What does austerity tell us about capitalism itself? Hillel Ticktin discusses three key features
Eurozone: Road to nowhere
01 Aug 2013
Why does the European bourgeoisie insist on austerity despite the virtual certainty that it cannot succeed? Hillel Ticktin digs beneath the official claims
World economy: Unforseen consequences
04 Jul 2013
The market has failed and cannot but fail. Yet there are small intimations of fundamental change, argues Critique editor Hillel Ticktin
From finance capital to austerity muddle
13 Jun 2013
While economic growth is proving elusive, there are clear signs of stagnation and disintegration, argues Critique editor Hillel Ticktin
Review: Method and the dialectic
30 May 2013
Mike Macnair completes his review of: Guglielmo Carchedi, 'Behind the crisis: Marxs dialectics of value and knowledge'. Haymarket Books, 2012, pp303, £20
What drives capital’s global crises?
23 May 2013
Mike Macnair reviews: Guglielmo Carchedi, 'Behind the crisis: Marxs dialectics of value and knowledge', Haymarket Books, 2012, pp303, £20
Reinhart and Rogoff: Austerity myth debunked
25 Apr 2013
The UK has been downgraded again and total national debt has risen. Even by George Osbornes own criteria, writes Eddie Ford, Plan A has been an abject failure
UK downgrade: No alternative to stagnation
28 Feb 2013
Britains credit rating may have been downgraded, writes Eddie Ford, but in reality that was more a judgement on the state of the world economy
Austerity: The madness of a dying system
29 Nov 2012
The ruling class has no alternative to austerity and the drive to create a pristine capitalism. Not only is that impossible, but, as shown by South Africa, the working class is beginning to revolt. This is an edited version a speech by Hillel Ticktin, editor of Critique, on November 17