Capitalism & Crisis > Neoliberalism
Neoliberal ghosts and the art of brevity
16 Sep 2010
Jack Conrad answers criticisms of the CPGB's Draft programme in the second of a three-part article
Recipe for looming crash
20 Feb 2025
Low or zero growth and rising prices. There’s more than a whiff of stagflation in the air, warns Michael Roberts
Fake plastic bungalows
20 Feb 2025
Government plans to solve the housing crisis by building ‘new towns’ are likely to fail - private ownership of this essential human need is the true problem, argues Paul Demarty
Coding good, politics bad
30 Jan 2025
Stock market prices tumbled with the news that the People’s Republic is rivalling western tech barons. And it is not just hype, says Yassamine Mather
Was the economy, stupid
07 Nov 2024
What effect will the new president’s policies have on the US economy? Will real wages rise? What about profits? Michael Roberts investigates
Another predator escapes justice
26 Sep 2024
Class society puts people at the mercy of sadists like Mohamed al-Fayed, says Paul Demarty. However, a counter-culture of radical egalitarianism can combat the established culture of abuse
It will happen again
12 Sep 2024
Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report spreads blame around lavishly, but downplays the responsibility of government policy and institutional corruption, argues Mike Macnair
Delusions of techno-fix
01 Aug 2024
Instead of dealing with the root causes of the climate crisis, there is a frantic search for technological solutions. However, argues Jack Conrad, there is a real danger of making what is already bad, badder still
Reeves and her ‘securonomics’
11 Jul 2024
Labour’s leadership is relying on big business to bring the economic growth needed to fix ‘broken Britain’. Michael Roberts predicts a one-term government
Death in academia
02 May 2024
Oxford University has finally closed down its Future of Humanity Institute. Paul Demarty explores the social limits of AI and the long-termist utilitarian ideology promoted by Nick Bostrom
Lights going out
25 Apr 2024
Dissatisfaction rates soar, surgeries close and new contracts are imposed on unwilling GPs - all part of the ongoing privatisation drive, writes James Linney
From magnificent to desperate
11 Apr 2024
Share prices hit record highs, profits soar. Is another recession really off the agenda? Michael Roberts investigates present-day capitalism’s inability to end stagnation and revolutionise productivity
Money, debt and crap
11 Apr 2024
Thames Water has defaulted on debt repayments; there is talk of renationalisation. Meanwhile there is an ongoing scandal about the release of untreated sewage into rivers and seas. Mike Macnair investigates the problems and possible solutions
Not dealing with causes
28 Mar 2024
IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva is suddenly worrying about inequality, says Michael Roberts. A significant ideological shift away from the neoliberal consensus
Rules of the game
14 Mar 2024
Liam Byrne reckons that the social mission of Labour is for ‘equality’ and ‘fairness’ and yet the fundamental causes of inequality lie in the system of capital itself, writes Michael Roberts
Decay fast and furious
29 Feb 2024
At great human cost NHS dentistry has been driven almost to the point of extinction. A similar outcome threatens health services in general, writes Ian Spencer