By Michael Roberts I recently participated in a zoom seminar to review a new book entitled Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century by Alberto
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The scissors of slump By Michael Roberts Last week, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the US Congress that “We now are entering a period of
By Michael Roberts If anything proves that famine and food insecurity are man-made rather than due to vagaries of nature and the weather, it is
By Michael Roberts Colombia has a presidential election today (29 May). According to public opinion polls, in the lead is Gustavo Petro. A former M-19
By John Pickard The gigantic scale of tax-dodging by the British and overseas super-wealthy is not going to be resolved by the Tories because their
By Michael Roberts If you agree that there is an imperialist bloc of countries that dominates and controls the world, then Australia should be included.
By Michael Roberts Last Thursday the $1.3tn cryptocurrency industry was hit heavily when ‘stablecoin’ Tether — a critical cog in the crypto market — briefly
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Inflation: wages versus profits
By Michael Roberts The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey set the attitude of the mainstream view on the impact of inflation in
By Michael Roberts Economic growth The US economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the previous quarter, due in
By Michael Roberts The Great Recession of 2008-9 was a turning point for the US global strategy. Up to then, the general aim was to
