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Economy

Economy

The role of the ‘markets’ in the capitalist system

January 14, 2023 Nick Hart, Socialist Party (England & Wales CWI)

“Liz Truss resigns after failed budget and market turmoil”; “more than 40% of mortgages withdrawn as market reels after mini-budget”; “Sunak says higher taxes and spending cuts needed to satisfy markets”. For a period of […]

Economy

What is Marxist economics?

October 15, 2022 Steve Score, from Socialism Today (monthly journal of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales), October 2022 issue

We live in a world where historically undreamt-of wealth exists, where technology has been developed in a way that was only envisaged in science fiction, where enough food, shelter and the basics of life could […]

Britain

‘Black Wednesday’ 16 September 1992: The economic crisis that shattered Tory credibility

September 17, 2022 Dave Murray, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

On 9 April 1992, the Conservative Party won a general election with a record-breaking 14 million votes. On 2 May 1997, it lost the next general election, with its standing shattered by the events that […]

World Economy

Are cryptocurrencies ground-breaking assets for capitalism?

April 27, 2022 Robin Clapp

Cryptocurrencies have been hailed as innovative and ground-breaking assets that can have a transformative effect on the world economy. In the second article in our series ‘busting economic myths’, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) […]

Economy

The 1973 oil price shock: Are we headed for a new period of capitalist stagflation?

April 25, 2022 Dave Reid, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

As we head towards double-digit inflation, the Tory government in Britain is trying to offload blame for the huge price rises in fuel and gas by pointing to the price shock that has taken place […]

World Economy

Volatility in world supply chains

October 11, 2021 Judy Beishon, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

The recent acute shortages of energy, goods, and labour in some sectors in the UK stem in large part from UK-specific capitalist failings. But the volatile world situation is part of the background to those […]

Pandora papers

‘Pandora papers’ put capitalism in the dock

October 5, 2021 Tony Saunois, CWI Secretary

The explosive leaking of 6.4 million documents and 1.2 million emails, the ‘Pandora papers’, showing the grotesque activities of the super-rich, stashing billions of US$ in offshore accounts to avoid tax and to launder money, […]

Economy

Socialists and the four-day week

September 27, 2021 Iain Dalton, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with fears of rising unemployment as the furlough scheme is wound up, and the full extent of the economic scarring from the pandemic is revealed, there are also […]

World Economy

‘Casino capitalism’ reaches new levels as inequality grows

March 4, 2021 Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

Across the globe, at least 2.4 million people have now died from contracting Covid-19. Livelihoods have been wrecked and economies have crashed, with the world economy shrinking by over 4% and the UK suffering a […]

World Economy

Global capitalism at most perilous since 1930s

January 13, 2021 Robin Clapp, from The Socialist (Issue 1116), the weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

For over a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe, causing over two million deaths and unleashing enormous economic and social crises. 2021 has ushered in new lockdowns in the UK, Germany […]

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