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Hundreds of thousands of workers took strike action on Wednesday, Budget Day. Protesting against the relentless erosion of their living standards, strikers included rail workers,
By Michael Roberts As I write, US regional banks stock and bond prices are diving. And a major international Swiss bank, Credit Suisse, is close
By Michael Roberts Last week, US Fed Chair Jay Powell gave testimony to the US Congress on inflation and Fed monetary policy. He spooked financial
By Michael Roberts On Friday, Californian bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis. In a sudden
By Michael Roberts This article was originally published on 5 March 2023, the first day of China’s annual National People’s Congress, by Michael Roberts on
By Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and
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Panorama – Sex for work – The true cost of our tea.
A TV review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) – see the BBC1 programme here. Tom Odula, a reporter in Kenya has been
By Michael Roberts There were some interesting papers presented in the URPE sessions at the Eastern Economics Association conference that ended last weekend (see my
By Michael Roberts The Eastern Economics Association (EEA) held their annual conference last weekend. It’s not as large as the huge annual conference of American
