By Michael Roberts Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to replace Jay Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve next May, is the epitomy of a
Category: Economics
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Sunday, 25 January 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** Amid
By Joe Langabeer Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the big talking point in the financial markets, with many warning that as a consequence of a
By Michael Roberts Today, US President Trump makes his speech to the assembled political and economic leaders of world capitalism at the World Economic Forum
By Michael Roberts The Washington Consensus was a set of ten economic policy prescriptions considered in the 1980s and 1990s to constitute the “standard” reform
By Michael Roberts During his New Year’s Eve address broadcast, China’s Communist leader Xi praised the country’s advancements in key sectors. Images ranging from humanoid
By Michael Roberts Within hours of the US military strikes on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro, President Trump proclaimed that “very
By Michael Roberts In many ways, the world in 2026 faces similar challenges to the year of 2025 – only more intense. The big themes
Books of the year 2025
By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This
By Michael Roberts The latest World Inequality Report 2026 reveals the stark cleavage between rich and poor in the world – a division that is
