By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. The
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By Michael Roberts This post is long but something well worth reading during the festive break. As I mentioned in a recent blog, at the
By Michael Roberts Apparently 85% of economists forecast a recession in the US in 2023 – and they were wrong. My own forecast post for
COP28: business as usual
By Michael Roberts The COP28 conference on what to do about global warming and climate change held in Dubai finished last Thursday. Attended by a
By Michael Roberts Ridley Scott’s new film on Napoleon Bonaparte has been criticized from many angles. Filmwise, some reckon it is boring, inexplicable in parts
By Michael Roberts Last week, the second estimate for the US real GDP in Q3 of 2023, i.e. national output, was released. It came in
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
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