By Michael Roberts I have been considering why in 2023 the US economy grew by 2.5% in gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms (ie
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By Michael Roberts The US economy grew 2.5% in 2023 over 2022, according to the first estimate of real GDP for Q4 released this week.
By Michael Roberts Marx’s law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall (LTRPF) argues that, over time, the profitability of capital employed
By Michael Roberts The annual jamboree of the rich global elite called the World Economic Forum (WEF) is under way again in the luxury ski
By Michael Roberts Taiwan has a general election on Saturday. The international media has highlighted the election as an important geopolitical pivot – namely, if
By Michael Roberts Within the huge ASSA meeting, there are sessions organized by heterodox economics associations, in particular, by the Union of Radical Political Economics
By Michael Roberts ASSA, the Alliance of Social Science Associations, holds the biggest annual economic conference in the world. It is hosted by the American
By Michael Roberts 2023 ended with the US stock market hitting a record high. US S&P-500 index Financial markets and mainstream economists breathed a sigh
By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. The
By Michael Roberts This post is long but something well worth reading during the festive break. As I mentioned in a recent blog, at the
