Long before the 2008 financial collapse rocketing, debt and financial wizardry masked the deep underlying fragility of finance-led growth, with wages and productivity stagnating, inequality exploding and ecological systems teetering.
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin tackle the questions of what lessons we can learn from this pandemic and how society may organize moving forward.
...the super-capitalism of today has become an absolute fetter on the development of the productive forces necessary for our species survival.
While fashion designers and brands continue to grab headlines and praise for their “heroism,” garment workers are fundraising for basic needs.
How Covid-19 Affects Capitalism, How We Cope, and How We Can Respond
Coronavirus is not only a public health crisis, it is also a shock to the global economy. Working people must demand that government act, or we and our families will pay the price for others’ lack of action, as we so often have in the past.
The main focus of the recent UK general election was on Brexit. But behind Brexit was a fundamental debate about the economy. Andrew Cumbers argues that pro-Brexit voters who wanted to "take back control" should consider what "control" really means.
Al-Marsad...has found that the Tel Aviv-based company’s wind turbine project violates the indigenous Syrian population’s right to self-determination. The scheme also serves to strengthen Israel’s control over the territory.
In today's global economy, financial security is increasingly the property of the 1%.
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