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.
Capitalism
Geopolitics
Richard D. Wolff – The Decline of the U.S. Empire: Where Is It Taking Us All?
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 […]
Economics
Richard D. Wolff – Capitalism’s Unequal Distribution Deprives You of True Freedom
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 […]
Climate Crisis
Michael Roberts: Fixing the climate – it just ain’t profitable
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 […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – What went wrong with capitalism?
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 […]
Finance
J.W. Mason – Did It Matter?
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 […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Joseph Stiglitz and ‘progressive capitalism’
Is ‘progressive capitalism’ an oxymoron in the 21st century? Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The liberal leftist economist and Nobel (Riksbank) prize winner […]
Economics
Vulture Capitalism, by Grace Blakeley
Book review by Michael Roberts. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Her profile and popularity took her last book, Stolen, straight into the top 50 of all books on Amazon. Her new book, entitled Vulture Capitalism: Corporate […]
Economics
Stephen Maher, Scott Aquanno – The Problem With Finance Is the Problem of Capitalism
The authors’ of new book The Fall and Rise of American Capitalism: From J. P. Morgan to BlackRock argue that finance capital and industrial capital are not in conflict, as many have argued. They are in fact […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Six crises of capitalism
Crises are endemic to capitalism and are now generalised throughout the world. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog José Tapia has a new book […]