Economics
BBC Radio 4 – Das Kapital by Karl Marx Dramatised by Sarah Woods
What an interesting programme! Listen here
Economics
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why Positive Money is wrong
An interesting criticism of Positive Money, a topic about which we have posted a series of articles (see here) Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
Economics
Hilary Wainwright: Beneath the Pavements, the Beach?
This is a long read, thus we postponed posting it until the weekend. In this piece Hilary Wainwright assesses the legacy of the political movement of 1968, coming to the conclusion that despite all attempts […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Driving Forces: Social Theory as a Theory of History
A typically interesting lecture by Wolfgang Streeck. Begins at 8:55
Economics
Carlo Morelli – Karl Marx wouldn’t agree that worker power has been killed by the 21st century
Master and servant. zenzen Carlo Morelli, University of Dundee It is remarkable for an economic thinker and political activist that 200 years after their birth, millions are still avidly discussing their work. Yet Karl […]
Economics
Daniel Randall – Why class still matters: a reply to Paul Mason
This article is a response to Paul Mason’s recent essay ‘Labour must become the party of people who want to change the world, not just Britain’, in which he argues that there can no longer […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic: The influence of Karl Marx—a counterfactual
A good piece wirtten on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Education – a faux crisis, an erroneous ‘solution’ and capital wins again
Beginning with education, this morphs into an article about the Big Four Accountancies, especially Ernst & Young. As always with Mitchell, well worth reading. Read here
Economics
BBC – How Economists Forgot Housework
A good report concerning feminist economics. Listen here
Economics
Frances Coppola: Everything You’ve Been Told About Government Debt Is Wrong
A brilliant piece that demonstrates that the Swabian Hausfrau may be very efficent for the household, but has nothing to do with national finances. Read here