economy
Wages, productivity and the rate of exploitation: Some concrete examples
Michael Pröbsting — The latest edition of the ILO’s Global Wage Report contains a number of interesting figures which demonstrate how the bosses are offloading the consequences of the capitalist crisis on the shoulders of the working class.
Law and bonapartism in US politics
Sam Williams — The economic contradictions of the capitalist system are coming to a head.
The IMF’s conditional loan and its cost: Pakistan may have been saved, but not the people
Farooq Tariq — The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved a larger-than-expected conditional loan worth $3 billion for Pakistan. But the common people will have to pay a heavy price due to the IMF's draconian terms and conditions.
The crisis in the banking industry has sent stock markets around the world into gyrations. What caused all of this? Is this a passing crisis? What impact will it have on the real economy? Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts.
Inflation: Reframing the narrative
By Sam Gindin
The crisis of capitalism and the disappearing centre
By William Briggs