By Michael Roberts There has been a burst of optimism about the state of the world economy since the beginning of the year. At the
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Energy giants profiteer at workers’ expense – and the planet’s
By John Pickard It is hardly surprising that there are calls being made for additional taxes on oil and gas corporations, given that they are
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Editorial: socialist policies, not secret Labour talks with Tories!
The Labour Party leadership should not be indulging in secret discussions with the Tories over Brexit. We have come to expect little in the way
By Michael Roberts In his latest book, FT columnist and Keynesian guru Martin Wolf, starts from the premise that capitalism and democracy go together like
By Michael Roberts “The theories of John Maynard Keynes provide the sound intellectual framework for the views which trade unionists had always instinctively held and
By Michael Roberts Three of the major central banks met and raised their policy interest rates yet again in the so-called ‘fight against inflation’. Interest-rate
By Michael Roberts Meeting the social needs of the world’s population through the production of goods and services depends on the amount of labour employed
By Michael Roberts China is in deep trouble. Its zero-COVID policy has failed; the economy has slowed to a halt; it now has a falling
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Davos 23: going pear-shaped
By Michael Roberts This week, the jamboree of the rich global elite of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has started again after the COVID interregnum.
By Michael Roberts The inflation rate for consumer prices in the US has clearly peaked and is falling steadily. The latest figure for year-on-year inflation
