By Michael Roberts On Friday, Californian bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis. In a sudden
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By Michael Roberts This article was originally published on 5 March 2023, the first day of China’s annual National People’s Congress, by Michael Roberts on
By Michael Roberts Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington are authors of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilises our Governments and
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Panorama – Sex for work – The true cost of our tea.
A TV review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) – see the BBC1 programme here. Tom Odula, a reporter in Kenya has been
By Michael Roberts There were some interesting papers presented in the URPE sessions at the Eastern Economics Association conference that ended last weekend (see my
By Michael Roberts The Eastern Economics Association (EEA) held their annual conference last weekend. It’s not as large as the huge annual conference of American
By Michael Roberts This article was originally published on 24 February 2023, the day before the Nigerian presidential elections, by Michael Roberts on his blog
By Michael Roberts It’s just a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I am not going to discuss the politics of this war in
By Andy Ford The BBC recently aired a programme in the Bottom Line series on Radio 4, called The French Correction. It pointed out that
By Michael Roberts There has been a burst of optimism about the state of the world economy since the beginning of the year. At the
