By Michael Roberts Over the next few posts, I aim to review a number of books published in the last year on key aspects of
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By Michael Roberts Last week, Zambia reached a deal for relief on nearly $4bn owed to private bondholders, raising hopes that a protracted debt restructuring
By Michael Roberts The first estimate of third quarter real GDP growth in the US was released yesterday (Thursday 26 October). It showed the US
By Michael Roberts Argentines will vote in general elections today (Sunday 22 October) with both the mainstream parties weakened by the legacy of multiple economic
By Michael Roberts Last March, Israel marked its 75th anniversary as a state. The Economist journal commented “Today Israel is hugely rich, safer than it
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Saturday, 14 October 2023. The original article can be found here. ************** Poland
By Michael Roberts At the beginning of this year, I wrote a post on how the capitalist mode of production was in what some call
By Michael Roberts The cost of borrowing to invest or consume is reaching record levels. One benchmark for this is the real interest rate on
By Michael Roberts This month the European Central Bank again hiked its policy interest rate, the rate that provides the floor to all credit rates
By Michael Roberts In the first part of my coverage of this year’s IIPPE annual conference, I outlined the discussion from just one session in
