Paul Preston: The scars of Catalonia

According to Marxist theory, the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall (TRPF) leads to recurrent crises under capitalism. It’s a helpful device for framing the history of modern capitalism, from the profitability crisis of the 1970s […]

The virus confirms that the world needs rules for living together—but not the arbitrary rules we’ve got. For the good of the economy as much as anything else, the focus must shift from investment and […]

Platform working is an expanding part of the economy. Globally the number of platforms has grown five-fold in a decade.[1] And the coronavirus pandemic seems to have been the catalyst for further surge in platform […]