By Michael Roberts “It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” is an old Danish proverb, often attributed to Nils Bohr, the Danish atomic
Category: Economics Archive
By Michael Roberts I should have reviewed Brett Christophers’ book, The New Enclosure, when it came out this time last year. But better late than never. In
By Michael Roberts John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. He is also a coordinator of
By Michael Roberts Recently, Benoît Cœuré, a leading French member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, delivered an address to economics students
By Michael Roberts The fantasy world continues. In the US and Europe, stock market index levels are hitting new all-time highs. Bond prices are also
by Michael Roberts “There is a growing feeling, among those who have the responsibility of managing large economies, that the discipline of economics is no
By Michael Roberts Whatever government is formed in the UK after the 12 December election, it faces an immense challenge. The British economy is in
By Michael Roberts The Triumph of Injustice: how the rich dodge taxes and how to make them pay is a new book by the inequality experts,
By Michael Roberts The debt owed by corporations in the major economies has risen since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. With global
By Michael Roberts Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer (pictured) have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics (or to be more exact,
