Political economy

Economy: The worst is yet to come

Assumptions that damage to the UK economy was inevitable have now been backed up with concrete evidence.

Peter Main  ·  15 July 2022

Here’s to 2022 – for a revolutionary new year

Editorial December-January 2021-22, No. 389

Workers Power  ·  31 December 2021

The Corona Crash by Grace Blakeley

Andy Yorke reviews The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic will Change Capitalism by Grace Blakeley

Andy Yorke  ·  12 February 2021

The house always wins: What we can learn from the GameStop stock war

The war between Wall Street and Reddit shows you cannot defeat the capitalists at their own game.

Rob Schofield  ·  02 February 2021

Engels 1820-1895: the struggle for scientific socialism

Bicentenary of Engels birth.

Dave Stockton  ·  14 October 2020

The global crisis, the working class and the left

The global working class is threatened by the pandemic and economic crisis.

Workers Power  ·  18 July 2020

World Economy Facing a Recession

The latest figures are startling. The capitalist world economy is heading for a crisis. It has already broken out in the manufacturing sector

Jurgen Roth  ·  19 November 2019

Global capitalism at a turning point

Our perspectives on the current global situation, League for the Fifth International Congress in Berlin, June 2019

Workers Power  ·  10 August 2019

V is for Value

If the process of production inevitably produces a bit of extra value, and that extra bit comes only from what the workers contribute, why should the profits go into the pockets of the business owners?

Workers Power  ·  19 September 2018

McDonnell’s “New Economics” – looking forward or avoiding reality?

By Simon Hardy Over the last few months the new Labour leadership has been conducting a series of meetings, rallies and workshops to discuss the idea of the “New Economics”. The need for such an initiative is clear; the post-Blair party is struggling to re-establish a clear identity, and the new leadership are fighting to […]

Workers Power  ·  26 May 2016

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