Sometimes in politics a mountain of combustible material can build up and it only takes a small spark to set it ablaze. In the case
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By Michael Roberts The annual conference of the American Economic Association (ASSA 2022) took place last weekend. This year it was a virtual conference, but
By Robin Jamieson Although we carried messages on the Left Horizons Facebook page and group, the website itself did not at the time publish a
By Greg Oxley, editor of La Riposte Imperialist rivalry threatens to plunge humanity into the unspeakable horror of war, this time in Eastern Europe. The
by Abigail Pollock Child benefit used to be a bedrock of the welfare state, a benefit for those who could not work by virtue of
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Price controls: do they work?
By Michael Roberts Isabelle Weber is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of How China Escaped Shock
Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye CLP) reviews the recent Panorama documentary (here – shown 20-12-21) and asks “Will there be a slump?” It’s customary to
By John Pickard My late father had a very wry sense of humour. At Christmas, whenever there was a reference to church services on the
By David Cartwright, Glasgow It is with deep sadness that I write about the passing of Kenny Brown last week in hospital after a long
Tom Greenwood (Leyton and Wanstead CLP), a band member and respected session musician, asks “Who’s makes all the money from music streaming?” The music streaming
