Committee for a workers' International

World Economy: Just 147 companies control 40% of global wealth

Study finds 1% of corporations control world economy

Eurozone: Endgame

Eurozone threatened by sovereign debt and banking crisis and compounded by near-zero growth

World economy: A new phase of the great recession

Capitalist strategists are filled with gloom at the prospect of a new economic downturn.

World Economy: Capitalist leaders desperate to calm turmoil

Trying to control an anarchic and blind system, none of the measures taken stem the downward spiral

Eurozone: Last-minute rescue package

The package does little or nothing to reduce the unsustainable debt mountain or stimulate economic growth

CWI Summer School: World capitalist crisis

The economy and inter-imperialist relations

Film review: ‘Inside Job' exposes the corrupt world of finance capitalism

This film “cost $20,000,000,000,000 to make” – a reference to the economic losses, so far, from the global crisis

Forbes' rich list: The rich get richer - by another $1 trillion

The latest rich list produced by the Forbes magazine shows that the collective wealth of the world’s 1,210 billionaires has reached a new record high of $4.5 trillion - up nearly $1 trillion on last year’s total.

Food crisis: Massive food price hikes spell disaster for poorest people

THE FINANCIAL speculators and hedge funds that so spectacularly contributed to the financial crisis resulting in the ’Great Recession’ have now turned their attention to the international food market with devastating consequences.