By Michael Roberts In many ways, the world in 2026 faces similar challenges to the year of 2025 – only more intense. The big themes
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Books of the year 2025
By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This
By Michael Roberts The latest World Inequality Report 2026 reveals the stark cleavage between rich and poor in the world – a division that is
By Michael Roberts The Financial Times points out that, on the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump vowed to “immediately bring prices down, starting on
AI and the railway mania
By Michael Roberts The AI bubble continues. The Magnificent Seven of tech media continue to drive the US stock market, along with the AI companies.
UK: the ‘make or break’ budget
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Wednesday, 26 November. The original article can be found here. ************** The UK
COP 30: it’s no joke
By Michael Roberts The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’. Each time there is
By David Cartwright On 21 November 1995, 30 years ago today, the Dayton Agreement was signed by the presidents of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. The
By Michael Roberts Chile has a general election today (16 November). Around 15m voters can take part in the first round to elect a new
Historical Materialism 2025 part two – nature, rent, profit and AI
By Michael Roberts In this part two, I resume my review of the Historical Materialism conference in London with a look at some of the
