By Michael Roberts In an article entitled How economics is changing, FT columnist Harvey Nripia paints a generally positive picture of economics as an academic discipline in
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By Michael Roberts This is the second part of my discussion of the causes of inflation in modern capitalist economies, based on an unpublished paper
By Michael Roberts Guglielmo Carchedi and I have been working on a theory of inflation for several years. We completed a detailed paper some time
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90 years since the generals’ revolt in Spain
By Tim White Ninety years ago, on the morning of July 17, 1936, a radio broadcast was sent from Cuerta, in Spanish Morocco, to mainland
By Michael Roberts This post reviews some recent economics books published by various authors, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Capitalism – a global history by Sven
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Measuring a world rate of profit – again
By Michael Roberts Back in 2012, I made an initial attempt to go beyond measuring the rate of profit on capital in any one country
By Michael Roberts Professor David Harvey is a highly influential Marxist geographer and economic theorist whose work spans several decades. He is the author of
By Michael Roberts This week 250 years ago, Adam Smith published An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – and
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on 13 February 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** Leading left
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90 years ago: Popular Front elected in Spain
By Tim White Today, February 16, sees the ninetieth anniversary of the election of the Popular Front in Spain, an event which opened the floodgates
