By Michael Roberts Chile has a general election today (16 November). Around 15m voters can take part in the first round to elect a new
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Historical Materialism 2025 part two – nature, rent, profit and AI
By Michael Roberts In this part two, I resume my review of the Historical Materialism conference in London with a look at some of the
By Joe Langabeer Nigel Farage recently gave a speech outlining his economic policies should Reform UK form a government. While he has previously hinted, during
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Historical Materialism 2025 part one: imperialism and war
By Michael Roberts Every year the Historical Materialism journal holds a conference in London. It is attended by (mostly) academics and students to discuss Marxist
By Michael Roberts Let the Financial Times sum it up: “US stocks ride AI hype and trade truce to 6-month winning streak S&P 500 and
By Michael Roberts The latest economic activity indicators called purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) confirm that the major economies are still crawling along – neither slipping
By Michael Roberts The US stock market continues to hit new record highs; the bitcoin price is also close to highs and the gold price
By Michael Roberts This week the price of gold in US dollars hit $4,000 per troy oz. This is an historic high (at least in
By Michael Roberts Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre have published an insightful book that explains how Marx’s theory of value operates to explain the trends
By Michael Roberts Last week US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a $20bn swap line to Javier Milei’s government in Argentina and pledged to buy
