By Michael Roberts Last weekend, I delivered a keynote lecture to economics students at Britain’s Open University on their Economics Day. The venue was at
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By David Cartwright, Glasgow Anniesland Labour Party member and Gray Allan, Falkirk Labour Party member 30 November 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the death
By Michael Roberts Another in my series of book reviews. Daren Acemoglu is a leading expert on the impact of technology on jobs, people and
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Tuesday, 21 November 2023. Since the blog was written, Sam Altman has returned
Historical Materialism conference 2023: review of proceedings
Value, profit, technology and value again By Michael Roberts Editorial note: Left Horizons is pleased to re-publish the regular blogs from Michael Roberts. His economic
By Michael Roberts US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met yesterday (Wednesday 15 November) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in
The Tory government has made yet another re-shuffle of ministers but their unpopularity will continue until they are finally kicked out of office. The Conservative
By Michael Roberts After a relatively strong US real GDP figure for the third quarter of the year, the consensus is that the US will
Book review: Visions of inequality
By Michael Roberts In this next of a series of reviews of some important books published this year, I look at Branco Milanovic’s Visions of
By Michael Roberts Last week a US district court granted Sri Lanka’s request for a six-month pause on a creditor lawsuit against the country. Hamilton