Economics
Inequality
Austerity
Taking Back Control? – States and State Systems After Globalism by Wolfgang Streeck
Book Review by Mathew D. Rose It is difficult to believe that it is just over thirty years since the establishment of the unipolar world under the US, the end of history, and the victory […]
Economics
Richard Connolly: Russia’s Wartime Economy isn’t as Weak as it Looks
Russia’s economic resilience is defying expectations, enabling the Kremlin to sustain its war efforts in Ukraine despite mounting challenges, and raising doubts about hopes for a swift resolution. Read HERE
Corruption
Peter Korotaev, Volodymyr Ishchenko: Why is Ukraine struggling to mobilise its citizens to fight?
Many Ukrainians have come to the realisation that their state is distributing the burdens and benefits of war unfairly. Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts – Davos 2025: Trump versus Von der Leyen
The chaos surrounding the demise of imperial neo-liberalism was refelcted in this year’s Davos event Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Every January, the World Economic […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Inequality in the 2020s
The most important inequality for capitalism is the concentration of capital, with just 737 firms owning 80% of global wealth. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – United States in 2025: Social Problems Denied via Rhetorics of Refusal
The decline of the US empire Richard D. Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a visiting professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School […]
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – A shift to the angry
Capitalists and politicians have driven Western society to the brink. What comes after the anger? Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland. Cross-posted from Common Weal It is […]
Corruption
Robin McAlpine – Change the story, change the future
The authoritarian neo-liberal political class together with state and corporate media bombard us daily with the same old lie: CAPITALISM IS GOOD FOR US. It is good for the wealthiest 10%, but it is destructive […]
Deregulation
Dean Baker – How Democrats Betrayed the Working Class
US workers were sytematically lied to by the democrats, who served corporate interests. Policies will be even worse under the Republicans Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research […]