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
By Michael Roberts Apart from inflation and war, what grips current economic thought is the apparent failure of what mainstream economics likes to call ‘globalisation’.
This is a short summary of the origins of May Day, from the TUC: Today is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day It
The election of Emmanuel Macron as president for another five years will open up a period of turmoil in French politics. But within the British
From La Riposte, French Marxist website Editorial note: This article, on the first round of the French presidential election, is taken from the French Marxist
By Yael Stein, from a B’Tselem e-mail It’s a show the Israeli regime has been staging for years, by now casting thousands of Palestinians in
By Michael Roberts The second round of the French presidential election returned the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron to a second term of office. Macron won
