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
Sahm recession to downturn
16 Nov 2023
There is a slowdown in productivity and world trade, and increased geopolitical rivalry, So, writes Michael Roberts, don’t expect increased growth
Driving the green wedge
28 Sep 2023
Rishi Sunak’s sudden U-turn is the result of desperation … and a leak, writes Eddie Ford. Meanwhile, yet another authoritative report shows that yet another climate record is in danger of being broken
Doctors step up action
14 Sep 2023
BMA members have returned huge majorities for strike action. While the Tory government remains intransigent, there does seem to be some movement on Labour’s front bench, Richard Galen reports
Expect nothing from Sir Keir
14 Sep 2023
Birmingham city’s declaration of bankruptcy comes after a decade and more of austerity and the systematic erosion of local government. Kevin Bean calls for a return to democracy but on a much higher level
Gambler of Riyadh
10 Aug 2023
From sportswashing to megacities: what is MBS up to? Paul Demarty investigates the grandiose Vision 2030
Wages, profits and inflation
20 Jul 2023
Are wages driving up prices, or are wages chasing higher prices? Michael Roberts comments on an interesting OECD report
Road leading nowhere
06 Jul 2023
After 75 years the NHS has been driven into permanent crisis. The government’s ‘comprehensive workforce plan’ is no solution, it is mere electioneering, writes Ian Spencer
Hierarchy of automation
01 Jun 2023
Michael Roberts discusses Daron Acemoglu’s warning that artificial intelligence will be used to flatten living standards and increase capital’s profitability
Rates up, economy down
11 May 2023
Claims by bankers that, by upping interest rates, inflation will be pulled down are fallacious. Michael Roberts presents a Marxist explanation
Recipe for conflict
27 Apr 2023
Michael Roberts examines the continued role of the dollar, despite the hype about US decline and a multipolar world economy
Diabolus ex machina
06 Apr 2023
With Elon Musk leading the way in expressing worries about AI, Paul Demarty explains what is really going on
At whose service?
16 Jun 2022
Reform of primary care should not be trusted to the likes of Policy Exchange, writes James Linney. This ‘independent’ think tank was set up by Tories to serve the Tory agenda of cost-saving and profit-making
Stunts, problems and solutions
05 May 2022
The ‘right to buy’ scam exposes the Tories as the party of buy-to-let landlords, property speculators and City-boy financiers, argues Mike Macnair
A century of dependency
25 Feb 2021
Foreign intervention did not come to an end with the 1979 revolution. No, as shown by Yassamine Mather, Iran’s Islamic rulers are more than willing to do the bidding of US-controlled international institutions
Revolution from above
18 Feb 2021
Small farmers are in revolt against the Modi government. Jeff Singh looks at the drive to replace peasants with capitalists