By Michael Roberts Last week I attended a one day conference organised by the Progressive Economy Forum (PEF). PEF is a British leftist economic think
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By Michael Roberts Geonomics is a new term for international economic theories and policies. According to Gillian Tett at the FT, in the past, “it
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Saturday, 2 May 2025 just before the Australian election. The original article can
By Michael Roberts Canada has a snap general election today. It’s been called by the new prime minister, Mark Carney, the newly-elected leader of the
By Michael Roberts “There will be blood” was the response of economists at JP Morgan, America’s biggest bank, on ‘Liberation Day’ (April 2), when Donald
By Michael Roberts Abundance is a new book that has been attracting attention and debate among mainstream economists and politicians. It aims to explain to
By Michael Roberts On Monday 14 April, the IMF announced that it had agreed to lend Argentina’s Milei government a further $20bn (on top of
By Michael Roberts Despite Trump backing off from implementing his bizarre reciprocal tariffs imposed on every country in the world (including the penguin-only inhabited islands
By Jack Gerson, in California “Trump Has Added Risk to the Surest Bet in Global Finance”. So says an article in the New York Times,
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Wednesday, 9 April 2025 after Trump implemented large tariffs on countries across the
