By Michael Roberts There have been some compelling new studies on global inequality and the impact of growing income gaps in the US and Europe.
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By Michael Roberts In the first quarter of 2018, the UK economy slowed almost to a standstill. It grew by just 0.1% in real terms. This
By Michael Roberts I recently came across an interesting piece by Ian Wright of the Open University. Written in November 2016, Wright considers the cause
By Michael Roberts World stocks markets took another tumble on the news that the US state bank, the Federal Reserve, under its new chair, Jerome
By Michael Roberts John McDonnell, the finance spokesman (‘shadow chancellor’) of the British opposition Labour Party, recently commissioned a report on the state of the UK
By Michael Roberts Last week leading leftist economists in the UK held a seminar on the state of mainstream economics, as taught in the universities.
By Michael Roberts As I write, the dollar price of bitcoins has hit nearly $17,000, and that’s up 2000% in one year. The rise in
By Mick Brooks On Sunday 19th November Chancellor Philip Hammond declared on TV, “There are no unemployed people” – to the astonishment of 1.4 million officially
