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
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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
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
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
By David Niven, PCS member, Defra North West & Cumbria Branch In our article ‘Who runs PCS – the members or the bureaucracy?’ we described
By Michael Roberts This is the second part of my discussion of the causes of inflation in modern capitalist economies, based on an unpublished paper
By Michael Roberts Guglielmo Carchedi and I have been working on a theory of inflation for several years. We completed a detailed paper some time
By Michael Roberts Alphabet (Google) announced its earnings results on 22 July 2026. At first sight, the results were spectacular: revenue was up 24%, with
By Michael Roberts Why is Europe falling behind in investment and growth compared with the US, let alone China and India? In a new report, Labour
By Michael Roberts China’s second quarter GDP growth saw a significant deceleration, down to 4.3% year over year from 5.0% in the first quarter and
