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
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Can Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ improve workers’ lives?
By Pat Colquhoun On Monday 29 June, Prime Minister in waiting, Andy Burnham, once again donned his dark blue t-shirt and suit jacket to give
By Michael Roberts Financial markets and the world in general let out a sigh of relief when Iran and the US finally agreed a 14-point
By Michael Roberts Last weekend, the World Inequality Lab (WIL) organised the third edition of its World Inequality Conference, held at the Paris School of Economics. The
By Michael Roberts Goldman Sachs, the mega investment bank, reckons that AI is just “one big trade on the US economy”. And the AI investment
By Michael Roberts At the end of 2025, corporate profits in the major economies accelerated after stagnating in 2024. The global figure below is calculated
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Monday, 25 May 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** American
The Thucydides trap and the decline of US imperialism
By Michael Roberts On the first day of talks during US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to China, his host China’s Xi Jinping invoked
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Friday, 8 May 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** In
By Michael Roberts US president Donald Trump travels to China to meet China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday 13 May. It will be the first
