By Michael Roberts How is the global recovery after the COVID pandemic going? The economic consensus is that the major economies are recovering fast, driven
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By Michael Roberts János Kornai recently died at the age of 93. He was a Hungarian economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the
By Michael Roberts Twilight capitalism: Karl Marx and the decay of the profit system is the best book on Marxist political economy in 2021. Authored
By Michael Roberts There is one G7 leader who won’t be at the Glasgow COP26 or G20 meeting in Rome this weekend (30-31 October). That
By Michael Roberts This weekend, COP26 meets in Glasgow, Scotland. Every country in the world is supposed to be represented in meetings designed to achieve
By Michael Roberts The US stock market went back to record highs last week. This was despite media talk that the recent rise in goods
By Michael Roberts Adam Tooze has a new book out, Shutdown. Tooze is the liberal left’s current favourite historian. His previous book, The Wages of
By Dave Cartwright 10 years ago on 20 October 2011, Muammar Gaddafi was captured in his home town of Sirte in northern Libya fleeing from
By Michael Roberts The semi-annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank start today where finance ministers and central bankers will meet in a slimmed-down
By Michael Roberts The debt problems afflicting China’s real estate market deepened this week after another property developer defaulted on its bonds and the world’s
