Today is Grey but the Future Looks Black
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 19 2020 15:56
New year, old music, from a well-known score sheet played out by... the Left. A "Left" that’s not ashamed to dress itself up in populist clothes, worn in the service of state capital on the understanding that this is the way to open up markets as a "progressive realisation of the patriotic ideal and the concept of nationhood". In the name, of course, of the people and the "concept of community" as understood by those who are ready to recite the hidden virtues of a renewed "capital-socialism".
A leftist history of the U.S. economy
Submitted by Marx-lover on Dec 28 2019 21:47
A summary of Richard Du Boff's comprehensive history of the American economy.
The Shadow of September 2008 Continues to Lengthen
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 13 2019 12:55
It is now 11 years since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. The crisis in the real economy, instead of fading from memory, has become a fixture.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Working Class
Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 10 2019 20:26
On re-reading this piece, what is striking about the picture of the working class in capitalism's self-styled service economy in 2006 is how much it resembles the situation today. After decades of capitalist restructuring in the face of problems stemming from the declining rate of profit (problems by no means confined to the economy of the UK) there are now recognisable constants in the socio-economic profile of the 'restructured' working class.
Review of Money and Totality by Fred Moseley
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 28 2019 11:46
Today, as the global economy flounders from crisis to crisis, Marx’s analysis of capitalism is the essential basis for a correct understanding of what is going on. Moseley’s book reaffirms key elements of this analysis. The previous obsession with the transformation problem has resulted in the undermining of these key aspects of Marx’s critique, actually making an understanding of twenty first century capitalism harder. Moseley’s book, though long winded and somewhat repetitive, serves a very useful purpose in exposing this undermining and its implications. For this reason alone it is worth reading.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Illusion of a Productive Economy
Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 11 2019 15:41
Part four of this article was written before the biggest financial crash was followed by the biggest banking bail-out in capitalism's history, yet it is interesting to see that essentially the same economic profile presents itself today.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Booming Financial Sector
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jul 31 2019 13:42
Part three of this series was published in 2005, two years or so before the great financial crash when the economic pundits were lauding the move away from manufacture to 'business and financial services'.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Value of Capitalist Services
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jul 19 2019 11:35
This second article in our series examines what is meant by ‘services’ and their apparently key role in the richest capitalist states where moving away from production of commodities is regarded as essential to economic advancement. Indeed, despite the setback of the 2007/8 financial crash, World Bank figures show that ‘services’ represent a higher proportion of GDP for the world economy as a whole. For the UK 77.4% of GDP was attributed to ‘services’ in 2018.
Capitalism's New Economy: The Case of the UK
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jul 10 2019 12:17
The article here, the first in a series on what was then dubbed the "new economy", originally appeared in the CWO's political journal, Revolutionary Perspectives, in 2005.
Climate change must be a thing: it's on prime time TV
Submitted by Gabriel Levy on Apr 23 2019 09:04
The political establishment will try co-opting new climate protest movements, such as Extinction Rebellion and the school strikes. Let's stop that happening
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