By Michael Roberts The annual jamboree of the rich global elite called the World Economic Forum (WEF) is under way again in the luxury ski
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By Michael Roberts Taiwan has a general election on Saturday. The international media has highlighted the election as an important geopolitical pivot – namely, if
By Michael Roberts Within the huge ASSA meeting, there are sessions organized by heterodox economics associations, in particular, by the Union of Radical Political Economics
By Michael Roberts ASSA, the Alliance of Social Science Associations, holds the biggest annual economic conference in the world. It is hosted by the American
By Michael Roberts 2023 ended with the US stock market hitting a record high. US S&P-500 index Financial markets and mainstream economists breathed a sigh
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
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
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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
