Biden/Harris inauguration will not solve problems Unprecedented is perhaps the most over-used word in the English language today, but the events in Washington DC cannot
Category: International
Not a pretty picture By Michael Roberts This time last year, I started my post on the forecast for 2020 by making a distinction between predictions and
by Jack Gerson in California The New York Times published an article on Dec 25th entitled, One Vaccine Side Effect: Global Inequality. The article argued
By Michael Roberts Every year, I do a post on books that I have reviewed during the last 12 months. What’s a bit surprising in
By Michael Roberts It is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig Beethoven, who was born either on 16 or 17 December 1770. Nobody was
By Richard Mellor in California The Facts For Working People website has regular weekly Zoom discussions covering events in the world around us. We do this in
By Michael Roberts The winter wave of Covid-19 cases continues to rage in Europe, North America and even Latin America and Asia. So, as the
By Michael Roberts The Stigler Center at the Booth Business School of the University of Chicago has just published an e-book commemorating Milton Friedman’s pronouncement on the
By Hassan Jan The Indian farmers have further extended their march on the country’s capital New Delhi to a country-wide Bharat-Band (strike) in protest against a trio
By Caitlin Johnstone The Trump administration is reportedly close to moving the Houthi rebels in Yemen onto its official list of designated terrorist organizations with the goal
