Economics
Michael Roberts: Erdogan’s Turkey
A good summary of the acute economic problems currently facing Turkey. Read here Wikimedia Commons
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Austerity
Michael Roberts – Spain: the challenge for Sanchez
Michael Roberts analyses the Spanish economy and why it remains subdued. Read here
Austerity
Michael Roberts: Greece: the spectre of debt
A good analysis of the current situation in Greece. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: From Communism to Activism?
A good marxist piece confirming that the class conflict has not disappeared, even when it is given modish new names Read here
EU politics
Michael Roberts: Models of public ownership
It’s back! State owned companies. As neo-liberalism continually fails society (at least the 99%) the question is once again be raised: Was privatisation the solution or the problem? Britain’s Labour Party is banning the way […]
Deregulation
Michael Roberts: Carillion and the ‘dead end’ of privatisation
We did not want to post any articles concerning Carillion. It was a specifically British event. The collapse of Carillion, one of the UK’s largest leading construction and service companies, has resulted in important analyses […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: The economics of Luther or Munzer?
A few day ago we posted this link after the New Weather Institute and the campaign group Rethinking Economics, with input from a wide range of economists, academics and concerned citizens, on the 500 year anniversary […]
Finance
Michael Roberts: Capitalism without capital – or capital without capitalism?
The control of intangibles by a small number of mega companies could well be weakening the ability to find new ideas and develop them. Monopolies on intellectual property is not only damaging for the economy, […]
Finance
Michael Roberts: Beware the ECB bearing gifts for Greeks
In 2012 the ECB purchased massive amounts of Greek bonds from German and French banks to save them from going under, they having recklessly purchased these bonds. Greece has continued to pay interest on these, […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Economic crises: look to science or the rain gods?
“Recently, mainstream economists have debating yet again why ‘economics’ was unable to see the global financial crash coming and/or provide effective policies to end what I have described as the Long Depression that has endured […]