By Michael Roberts A recent article in the UK’s Financial Times got very excited about the rise of intangibles. The author, Tek Parikh, said that “50 years go,
Category: Economics
By Michael Roberts Last weekend the 18th Congress of the World Association of Political Economy (WAPE) took place in Istanbul, Turkey. WAPE is a Chinese-run
CMAT’s song – ‘Euro Country’: a ‘millennial anthem’ on greed and corruption in the Irish “Celtic Tiger” economy
By Jamie Green Irish singer and songwriter, Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson (pictured), known as CMAT, from County Meath, Ireland, has released a new single, “Euro Country”
By Michael Roberts Last week, the mega tech companies – the so-called Magnificent Seven – presented their latest earnings results. They appeared to be ‘blockbuster’.
By Michael Roberts The Magnificent 7 stocks — NVIDIA, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Apple, Meta, Tesla and Amazon — now make up around 35% of the
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Saturday, 19 July 2025. The original article can be found here. ************** Tomorrow,
By Michael Roberts “Bitcoin is a speculation and not an investment. Not regulated, not backed by any asset, only worth what someone is willing to
By Michael Roberts Every year, I do a post on the inequality of global wealth using the annual data compiled by economists working for the
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Friday, 4 July 2025. The original article can be found here. ************** This
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Monday, 30 June 2025. The original article can be found here. ************** Today,
