Austerity
Michael Roberts – Books of the year 2024
Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. I’ll take them in chronological order. José Tapia had a new book on the […]
Monopolies
Economics
Quantity to Quality – Interview with Yanis Varoufakis
Varoufakis discusses the ideas he developed in his new book, Technofeudalism. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Hudson, Richard D. Wolff, Nima Alkhorshid – A Concept of a Plan … for the National Interest
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, November 14th, and Michael and Richard are here with us to talk about what’s going on in the United States. Let’s start with Richard. Here is a video […]
Monopolies
Jason Resnikoff – The Problem With AI Is About Power, Not Technology
‘Artificial intelligence has the potential to seriously harm workers — not because of something inherent to the technology, but because bosses are in control of it.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Panos Tsoukalis – What Comes After Neoliberalism? Big Tech and Asset Managers as the New Rentiers
Capitalism has changed in a way that is rendering the label ‘neoliberalism’ outdated. The increasing economic and political prominence of Big Tech and asset management corporations has transformed contemporary capitalism in several ways. Most crucially, […]
Food Production
Hans van Scharen and Irene Keizer – A new agri mega merger, where are political rightwingers when farmers need them?
While mega-mergers, just like international free trade agreements, have been shown to have profound and long lasting impacts on farmers and their livelihoods, right wing politicians seem to have no problem with them. Hans van […]
Finance
Julia Conley – US Court Rules Google a Monopoly in ‘Biggest Antitrust Case of the 21st Century’
A significant verdict, but will it really bring Google to heel? In ‘Common Dreams’. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Michael Roberts – Crowd strikes out
We need to bring into public ownership the Magnificent Seven of social media and tech companies currently led and controlled by multi-billionaires Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted […]
Economics
Vulture Capitalism by Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley is a media star of the radical left-wing of the British labour movement. She is a columnist for the left-wing journal, Tribune, and a regular panellist on political debates in broadcasting – often […]
EU politics
Scott Lavery – Europe’s Core
Germany in particular is highly exposed to geoeconomic rivalry around key technologies such as semiconductors. The EU’s attempts to protect its industrial core are not convincing. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.