By Michael Roberts Last week, US Fed Chair Jay Powell gave testimony to the US Congress on inflation and Fed monetary policy. He spooked financial
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By Sam Gleaden, Mental Health Worker They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there’s no such thing as society. There are individual
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
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
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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
Andy Ford (Warrington South Labour Member) continues his occasional series of articles on Soviet history and World War Two [for example here, here and several
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
The war in Ukraine is entering its second year. It has led to enormous loss of life on both sides, among civilians and combatants, and
