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By John O’Brien ​There is a question about modern Britain that has bothered me for some time. ​Britain and Norway both discovered extraordinary quantities of oil andRead More

By Sarah Raymundo (From Facebook)  Gloria Steinem, March 25, 1934,- September 2, 2026 As the media machine prepares to unleash a flood of fawning tributes, the usualRead More

By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on 23 August 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** In this final partRead More

By Michael Roberts The financial media and mainstream economists are in a huge tizz.  Government bond yields have risen sharply since the end of the pandemic slump toRead More

By Joe Langabeer On August 26, a vast section of a Himalayan glacier collapsed and crashed into Nepal’s Langtang National Park. At first, the event was soRead More

By Michael Roberts As the central bankers of the world met at Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual get together to discuss issues affecting the world financialRead More

By Maureen Wade, chair, Birmingham UNISON retired members section. This month sees the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Grunwick strike, and it is being markedRead More

By Michael Roberts In an article entitled How economics is changing, FT columnist Harvey Nripia paints a generally positive picture of economics as an academic discipline in the 21st century. Read More

By Joe Langabeer Over the weekend, it was reported that former Cambridge professor, Jason Arday, had been found dead in his home after a barrage of attacksRead More

By Michael Roberts In this post, I return to my review of the theories of the causes of inflation in modern economies.  In the first part, IRead More