By Michael Roberts Rishi Sunak, the ex-hedge fund UK Chancellor, has presented the first budget of the Johnson government. The first thing is that the
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Capitalism is an economic system that has instability and turbulence built into its foundations, but it is often unexpected, accidental factors that lay bear its
Tue 10 Mar 2020, 06:01 AM | Posted by editor LETTER from Tom Smith, Newport West Labour Party Well, the world economic downturn is with us. However,
Sat 7 Mar 2020, 11:49 AM | Posted by editor LETTER from Mark Langabeer, Newton Abbot Labour Party A Dispatches programme, Growing up poor in Britain, reported that one
By Hassan Jan Recently, northeast Delhi, a mainly working-class enclave, witnessed horrific scenes of pogrom against its Muslim inhabitants. During this religious frenzy, 46 people,
By Richard Mellor in California It is only natural that the mass media champions capitalism and the private sector. It’s not that it is fake
By Michael Roberts As I write, the coronavirus epidemic (not yet declared pandemic) continues to spread. Now there are more new cases outside China than
By Mick Brooks On Tuesday, the Financial Times carried a full page advert from General Electric and an obituary for its former boss, Jack Welsh, who, the
The new coronavirus, Covid-19, threatens to inflict major social and economic upheaval; its effects are only just beginning. As we have outlined in another article, there
By Michael Roberts Last week I gave a lecture in the seminar series on Marxist political economy organised by the Department of Development Studies at
