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
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By Michael Roberts The latest World Inequality Report 2026 reveals the stark cleavage between rich and poor in the world – a division that is
By Michael Roberts The Financial Times points out that, on the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump vowed to “immediately bring prices down, starting on
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AI and the railway mania
By Michael Roberts The AI bubble continues. The Magnificent Seven of tech media continue to drive the US stock market, along with the AI companies.
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UK: the ‘make or break’ budget
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Wednesday, 26 November. The original article can be found here. ************** The UK
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COP 30: it’s no joke
By Michael Roberts The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’. Each time there is
By Michael Roberts Chile has a general election today (16 November). Around 15m voters can take part in the first round to elect a new
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Historical Materialism 2025 part two – nature, rent, profit and AI
By Michael Roberts In this part two, I resume my review of the Historical Materialism conference in London with a look at some of the
By Joe Langabeer Nigel Farage recently gave a speech outlining his economic policies should Reform UK form a government. While he has previously hinted, during
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Historical Materialism 2025 part one: imperialism and war
By Michael Roberts Every year the Historical Materialism journal holds a conference in London. It is attended by (mostly) academics and students to discuss Marxist
