Capitalism & Crisis
The decline of money
01 Mar 2012
If we are to understand the present crisis we need to grasp the decaying relationship between money, production and value. Hillel Ticktin discusses the growth of fictitious capital and impossibility of getting money to make money
Threat of social breakdown
16 Oct 2014
The Ebola outbreak in west Africa is a product of structural poverty and politics, argues Simon Wells
The current long depression and its nature
02 Oct 2014
Economic slumps are usually preceded by a decline in profits, writes Michael Roberts. This article is based on a presentation made to the CPGB’s Communist University in August 2014
Sex, drugs and R&D
11 Sep 2014
There are lies, damned lies, and headline economic statistics, writes Paul Demarty
What is the capitalist strategy?
11 Sep 2014
Hillel Ticktin looks beneath the hype about ‘recovery’ to expose the bankruptcy of the ruling class
Profit debate: And yet it moves (down)
14 Aug 2014
Irrespective of the specific causes of the 2008-09 crisis, writes Esteban Ezequiel Maito, there is an undeniable tendency for the rate of profit to fall
Not in awe of 'experts'
17 Jul 2014
Bruce Wallace and Steve Dobbs may view him as a ‘bungling amateur’, but Arthur Bough insists that they are wrong about the falling rate of profit
Incomprehensible and erroneous
11 Jul 2014
Did the tendency for the rate of profit to fall cause the crisis of 2008-09? Bruce Wallace and Steve Dobbs reply to Arthur Bough
Rate of profit: False premises, false conclusions
19 Jun 2014
Did the tendency for the rate of profit to fall cause the crisis of 2008-09? On the contrary, says Arthur Bough, the annual rate of profit remained high
Unpicking Piketty
05 Jun 2014
Thomas Piketty Capital in the 21st century Harvard 2014, pp677, £29.95
We are the 0.00001%
22 May 2014
Despite the sharp rise in income inequality, Osborne’s ‘plan A’ gamble might still pay off, writes Eddie Ford
Failed transition and crisis
22 May 2014
The international working class must reassert itself to prevent a descent into barbarism, writes Hillel Ticktin
Circling the drain
17 Apr 2014
The Co-op faces demutualisation by a thousand cuts, argues Paul Demarty
Imperialism, war and crisis
17 Apr 2014
Yassamine Mather reports on two days of stimulating debate
Political economy of chaos
10 Apr 2014
On the eve of the Critique conference Hillel Ticktin points to questions that need to be tackled
Osborne’s plans for election victory
04 Apr 2014
This year’s budget was meant to make older voters feel good and keep the housing bubble inflated. Eddie Ford looks back to March 19