economy

End of globalisation graphic

Long wave theory, globalisation’s end, and the coming crises: An interview with William Jefferies

William Jefferies explores the usefulness of long wave theory for understanding the current moment, how globalisation reshaped the world economy, and the coming period of crisis.
Russian military cadets in Saint Petersburg on April 23.

Capital, power and war: The crisis of Russia’s peripheral accumulation regime

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Russia’s war in Ukraine is not simply a geopolitical miscalculation or ideological excess, but a structurally embedded feature of its capitalist accumulation regime.
Maduro productive economy

Anti-imperialism and Maduro’s Venezuela: Myths and facts

Dante Espinoza takes a look at the available data on Venezuela’s economy and communes to see how well claims the Maduro government is progressive and anti-imperialist stack up.
Lenin and imperialism

Lenin’s theory of imperialism, the modern capitalist world system and revolutionary communist struggle today: An interview with Rasti Delizo (Part I)

Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevancy of Lenin’s theory of imperialism while outlining subsequent developments that need to be factored in.
Xi and Trump

The social cost of China’s resistance to Trump’s tariff war

Au Loong-Yu & An Dexin — Next time someone tells you how brave and resilient China has been in standing up against Trump, remind them of this part of the story.
Development to benefit the north

From billions to trillions to traps: Rethinking development finance from the periphery

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Only by addressing structural imbalances and grounding finance in transformative, locally rooted practices, can development finance truly become developmental.
Newsapaper stand in Nottinghamshire, UK April 2025.

Trump tariffs and US imperialism

Gillian Hart — Beneath the turmoil of Trump’s tariff blitz lies a battle between technocrats, ultranationalists and anti-imperial populists, all vying to reshape, or destroy, US global power.
assassination attempt

Trump, protectionism and imperial conflict in global capitalism: An interview with Michael Roberts

Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about Trump, the rule of his fellow oligarchs, and their  impact on the trajectory of the United States, global capitalism, and great power competition.
sinking US dollar

Could Trump’s tariff war reshape global capitalism? An interview with Marxist economist Sam Gindin

Sam Gindin breaks down US President Donald Trump’s on-again/off-again tariffs, their impacts on US-led globalised capitalism, and what a working-class response could look like
Trump tariffs graphic Tempest

Madness as method: The logic of Trump’s tariffs

The stakes of a trade war with China are high. Thomas Hummel looks for the logic behind the tariff gamble.
Trump tariff economic crash

‘Tariffs are a beautiful thing to behold’: A Marxist analysis of protectionism and the crisis of global capitalism

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Trump’s tariffs are less a blueprint for industrial renewal than a prelude to a new techno-nationalist order organised around capital control, technological dominance and regional economic blocs.
King Trump

The man who would be king: Method in Trump’s madness, contradictions in Trump’s method

Sam Gindin — Whatever Trump’s inclinations, without an ability to deliver on his economic promises and an escape route from the tariff chaos, Trump’s problems will deepen.

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