Austerity
Politico – Draghi orders Europe’s leaders: Do what I told you
Top technocrat demands all European governments bend to his technocratic will. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Economics
Michael Roberts – Gopinath, the IMF and ‘good policies’
The IMF and its academic acolytes want more austerity and privatisation, ignoring the fact that these ‘good policies’ are what got us here. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: Dollar decline; the failures of mainstream economics and epochal crisis – reviews
A run-through of a good chunk of the latest political economy literature. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog It’s mid-summer in the Northern […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – WAPE 2025: geopolitics, economic models and multi-polarity
A recent Marxist economics conference explored a wide range of topics, including the UN, declining American hegemony, global inequality, Greece, and the rate of profit Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Bancor
The Keynesian idea of an international system to balance global trade surpluses and deficits between countries is a utopian fantasy. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from […]
Economics
Branko Milanović – Nothing (meaningful) to say
Mainstream economics’ inability to explain domestic inequality and competition between nations. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Progressive Economics and progressive capitalism
A Marxist critique of a recent conference in the UK bringing together a broad swathe of the country’s leading progressive economists. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – Geoeconomics, nationalism and trade
Neoclassical economics may be on the way out in the mainstream, to be replaced with geoeconomics: winning the battle for political and economic power by all means necessary. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the […]
Economics
Clara E. Mattei – Breaking the Economics Discipline’s Austerity Consensus
The Centre for Heterodox Economics has just been launched at a US university. One of its founders’ explains what it’s all about. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Michael Roberts – ASSA 2025 part two: the radical – climate, labour and imperialism
An overview of new thinking among radical economists. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog In part two of my report on the proceedings of […]