Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 36-41 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike “as itRead More
Revisiting the theory of long depressions
By Michael Roberts This post was first published in the Spanish online journal Sin Permiso and is in response to a critique of my long depression theoryRead More
Profitability, investment and the ‘silent’ depression’ -a new book
By Michael Roberts Ascension Mejorado is Clinical Professor and Economics Faculty Chair in the Liberal Studies program at New York University and Manuel Roman taught economics atRead More
Letter: Homeless at Christmas
From Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) This will be my last letter for 2024. Christmas is usually a time when people seek good will toRead More
Republicans and Democrats to blame for US health system
By Richard Mellor in California This is from the video embedded below… “In 2023 UnitedHealth raked in a whopping $22 billion in profits making you the mostRead More
Overproduction or overaccumulation? – the debate
By Michael Roberts Back last November, the excellent Argentine Marxist economist, Rolando Astarita presented on his blog the case for ‘overproduction’ as the cause of crises underRead More
Editorial: Starmer/Reeves policies tailor-made for Reform UK
Although Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, won only five seats in the last general election, that was only due to the peculiarities of the British first-past-the-post electoralRead More
No end in sight to political crisis in France
By Greg Oxley of La Riposte The nomination of François Bayrou as Prime Minister, replacing Michel Barnier, who was overthrown by a vote of no confidence earlierRead More
Letter: Streeting’s betrayal of trans youngsters
From Ray Goodspeed Looking at Wes Streeting’s performance in the House of Commons while announcing the ban on puberty blockers and taking questions, it is clear thatRead More
Milei’s ‘creative destruction’
By Michael Roberts It’s one year since the self proclaimed ‘anarcho-capitalist’ Javier Milei became President of Argentina. He took power in a country where annual inflation wasRead More
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