economics

The permanent crisis: Henryk Grossman’s interpretation of Marx’s theory of capitalist accumulation - Paul Mattick

berrot — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:34:57 +0000

Introduction

Modern capitalism and revolution - Paul Cardan

captain soap — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:47:45 +0000

About the text

Burma: International power play?

Saii — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:39:42 +0000

In the aftermath of the Burmese protests, in which hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets alongside Buddhist monks, there has been mounting international pressure on China and India to pull back their substantial economic support to the country.

Private Equity: a vicious new breed?

Freedom — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:23:27 +0000

In scenes reminiscent of the 80s pre-stock market crisis, a major row has blown up over the attempted Private Equity takeovers of high-street giants Sainsbury’s and Boots.

A prole's guide to the recession: economics with the truth - Wildcat (UK)

Ret Marut — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:15:48 +0000

A redefining of some economic terms.

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A PROLE'S GUIDE TO THE RECESSION

- Economics With The Truth

Going east: Direct investments in Eastern Europe

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:07:36 +0000

“Then I will leave and go to the east!”
What some decades ago might have been a defiant outcry of desillusioned lefty teachers, under the threat of dismissal due to their CP membership, is now taken up again and realised by the ‘class enemy’.

Foreign investments in the Czech Republic: Boom or fall? 2004

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:04:35 +0000

Transformation towards private capitalism, which started after 1989, was at the beginning mainly affected by the struggle inside the old-new ruling class for the actual character of this change. Already in 1990 the Czech faction of bourgeoisie led by Vaclav Klaus, who was minister of finance and who later became the prime minister and who is now the present president, got the strongest position.

Migration, industry and struggles in Poland, 1956-2005

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:55:59 +0000

Behind the Border
It is only a one hour journey from Berlin to the German-Polish border, the supermarkets in Berlin offer Polish food, immigrants from Poland are part of daily life in the German capital - nevertheless there are not many direct contacts (apart from perhaps the punk scene). The ‘iron curtain’ is slow to dissolve, due to languages and the geographical location.

Romania after the transition - restructuring and struggle, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:47:17 +0000

Romania after the Transition
Promised Land and Class Struggle

The reproduction of daily life - Fredy Perlman - Treason pamphlet

Peter — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:10:56 +0000

Originally published 1969

A better formatted version of this text can be found here: http://libcom.org/library/reproduction-everyday-life-fredy-perlman

The parallax view: Karatani’s 'Transcritique. On Kant and Marx' - Slavoj Žižek

revol68 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:38:28 +0000

SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK: THE PARALLAX VIEW

Abolish Restaurants

Steven. — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:51:01 +0000

Drawing on a range of anti-capitalist ideas as well as a heaping plate of personal experience, it is part analysis and part call-to-arms.

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ABOLISH RESTAURANTS

Chile: Anatomy of an economic miracle, 1970-1986

martinh — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:46:06 +0000

From Black Flag 216, published in 1999.

Anatomy of an Economic Miracle

The Fetish Speaks!

Ret Marut — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:29:50 +0000

Marx spoke of the commodity - now the commodity speaks of Marx... Quotes from Marx's Capital are given an unusual setting.

Is Latin America really turning left?

libcom — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:00:00 +0000

A new series of social and national polarities in the Western Hemisphere has dominated political life over the past few years. At the beginning of the new millennium the national confrontation was between Cuba and the US/EU, and the social confrontations between the rural/indian and urban/unemployed movements and a continent-wide collection of neo-liberal regimes.

Housing Benefit

libcom — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:44:30 +0000

A short article from 'the Whinger' p. petard on proposed Housing Benefit reform.
www.geocities.com/doodlepaul
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Housing Benefit

Five Pounds and Five Pennies

libcom — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:41:39 +0000

A short article from 'the Whinger' p. petard on the minimum wage
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Five pounds and five pennies

The Decadence of Capital

libcom — Fri, 19 May 2006 21:26:49 +0000

"The Decadence of Capital"

An Alibi For "Progress"?

Published in Fifth Estate, Detroit, late 1980s.

Strange Victories

libcom — Fri, 12 May 2006 22:00:15 +0000

Strange Victories

- by Midnight Notes

Originally published in Midnight Notes #1, 1979

Published as a pamphlet by Elephant Editions, London, 1985

Also included in the collection - Midnight Oil: Work, Energy and War 1973-1992 .

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INTRODUCTION

One in four youth unemployment figure disputed

alibi — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:31:20 +0000

In the interview Lefresne, of the Institute of Economic and Social Research, questions the widely reported one in four youth unemployment figures that have been used repeatedly as a justification for the CPE.