By Michael Roberts This is the first in a series of posts on the future of work since the pandemic slump. A few weeks ago,
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By Michael Roberts If anything proves that famine and food insecurity are man-made rather than due to vagaries of nature and the weather, it is
By Michael Roberts Colombia has a presidential election today (29 May). According to public opinion polls, in the lead is Gustavo Petro. A former M-19
By Michael Roberts If you agree that there is an imperialist bloc of countries that dominates and controls the world, then Australia should be included.
By Michael Roberts Last Thursday the $1.3tn cryptocurrency industry was hit heavily when ‘stablecoin’ Tether — a critical cog in the crypto market — briefly
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Inflation: wages versus profits
By Michael Roberts The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey set the attitude of the mainstream view on the impact of inflation in
Against the background of the worst drop in living standards for decades and the undisguised contempt shown by the Tory Government towards the plight of
By Michael Roberts Economic growth The US economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the previous quarter, due in
By Michael Roberts The Great Recession of 2008-9 was a turning point for the US global strategy. Up to then, the general aim was to
By Michael Roberts Apart from inflation and war, what grips current economic thought is the apparent failure of what mainstream economics likes to call ‘globalisation’.
