Wealth Tax: Expropriation of the Rich or Capitalist Smokescreen?
The Illusion of State Intervention in the Economy: The Eternal Anti-Working Class Weapon of Reformism
With each new jolt to the capitalist structure its crisis deepens. The disruption of production and distribution caused by the coronavirus pandemic has only added to the existing woes of the system. And, as ever, the working class is being fed illusions about the beneficial effect that state intervention would bring to their conditions and to the "community" in general, irrespective of class.
MMT: A Bankrupt Theory for a Bankrupt Capitalism
Kissing Goodbye To Their Koreas – Black Flag
A 1998 article from Black Flag contrasting the emerging "tiger" economies with the uprisings in Mexico and Albania.
Some Clarifications on Roberts' Idea of the Falling Rate of Profit
Roberts (in tandem with the likes of Carchedi and Maito) frequently makes decent critiques of the existing trends in the capitalist crisis. However, despite criticising others on the capitalist left for their neo-Keynesianism, he offers little more than the suggestion that nationalisation would solve capital’s problems. The brief article here reveals a fairly fundamental error. (CWO)
Lies, Damn Lies and Economics – Black Flag
Joan Robinson once said that the point of studying economics was to be able to work out when economists were lying. Being a left-wing Keynesian, she was immune to the usual ideological (if not religious) biases of mainstream economics. Her point is both correct, and usually ignored because economics has far more to do with ideology than facts, belief than science.
Reflections on the Coronavirus and Economic Crises
A much expanded update to the article we previously published here: leftcom.org
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