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Michael Roberts – Inequality in the 2020s

January 20, 2025 Ben Wray 0

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 […]

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Luis F. Alvarez Leon: The Power of Place in Understanding – and Reframing – Digital Capitalism

January 16, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Digital capitalism does not just exist in ‘the cloud’, it leaves an increasingly large material footprint on the world which we need to understand better in order to control. Luis F. Alvarez Leon is  author […]

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Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson – The Irony of Calling the Opponents of Nazism Nazis

December 16, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Symptoms of decline in liberal capitalist democracy showing from South Korea to Germany. Cross-posted from Michael Hudson’s blog NIMA: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, December 5th, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are […]

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Politico – Back off, Mario! Capitals do not like the taste of Draghi’s telecom medicine.

December 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

There was always going to be tension between Draghi’s strategy for the concentration of European capital and member-states seeking to protect their national capitalists. Read the article HERE.

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Quantity to Quality – Interview with Yanis Varoufakis

November 25, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Varoufakis discusses the ideas he developed in his new book, Technofeudalism. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Richard D. Wolff – The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?

September 11, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Could American decline lead to the end of empires? 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 […]

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Richard D. Wolff – Capitalism’s Unequal Distribution Deprives You of True Freedom

August 12, 2024 Ben Wray 0

In a world economy dominated by billionaires, can the rest of us be truly free? Richard Wolff is the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan and Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens. He is founder of Democracy at Work. This adapted excerpt from Richard […]

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Michael Roberts: Fixing the climate – it just ain’t profitable

June 24, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The problem is not that renewables are expensive, they’re cheaper than fossil fuels. The problem is that capitalists can’t make huge profits out of them. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and […]

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Economics

Michael Roberts – What went wrong with capitalism?

May 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

A capitalist’s theory of capitalism’s demise. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Ruchir Sharma has a book out called What went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir […]

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Finance

J.W. Mason – Did It Matter?

May 21, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Did the revolutions of the 20th century make a difference if all economies ended up capitalist anyway? J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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