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Home » Index » Economics

  • A budget for the 1%

    A budget for the 1%

    • March 22, 2012
    • By News
    • Britain, Economics
    • 3 comments

    In a classic Tory move this week’s budget reaffirmed this government’s commitment to the wealthiest earners in the UK by dropping the 50% tax rate to 45% writes Susan Pashkoff. We see a continuation of lower corporate taxes. Instead of [...]

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  • Capitalism: Crises and Alternatives

    Capitalism: Crises and Alternatives

    • March 9, 2012
    • By News
    • Economics, Ecosocialism, Our books
    • no comments

    This new book from Resistance Books has been published. Order now by sending a cheque for £9, made out to Socialist Resistance and posted to PO Box 62732, London, SW2 9GQ. Four years after its onset, the economic crisis is [...]

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  • New book: Eurozone in Crisis: What is to be Done?

    New book: Eurozone in Crisis: What is to be Done?

    • March 9, 2012
    • By News
    • Adverts, Economics
    • no comments

    The Coalition of Resistance has produced a new book: Eurozone in Crisis: What is to be Done? Order your copy online now The articles in this book bring together analysis and proposals for action from many of the participants at [...]

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  • Reject the European austerity programmes

    Reject the European austerity programmes

    • January 26, 2012
    • By News
    • Economics, Featured
    • no comments

    Özlem Onaran sets out an anti-capitalist alternative. Europe is now the centre of the global crisis. It is a crisis of the system, sweeping across Europe and is not limited to just one country. The crisis erupted four years ago [...]

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  • A Short History of the Euro Zone

    • January 9, 2012
    • By News
    • Economics, Europe
    • no comments

    With the crisis of the eurozone raging and no solution in sight Alan Thornett examines how the whole European project was driven from the outset by big business; how the contradictions which threaten to destroy the Eurozone today have been [...]

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  • Return of the food and energy crisis: structural problems and/or financial speculation?

    Return of the food and energy crisis: structural problems and/or financial speculation?

    • December 22, 2011
    • By News
    • Economics, Ecosocialism, Marxism
    • 3 comments

    Sean Thompson gave this presentation to a seminar of economists organised by The International Institute for Research and Education in Amsterdam in November. An edited version will appear in the next issue of Socialist Resistance. Of course, its glaringly obvious [...]

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  • Currencies are not the problem

    Currencies are not the problem

    • November 8, 2011
    • By Terry
    • Economics, Europe, Online exclusive
    • no comments

    AND BURNING CARS IS NOT THE SOLUTION. In an article originally published on his website on October 24, Roy Ratcliff looks at the European debt crisis Currencies. As the debt crisis unfolds and financial markets continue to implode, ‘elite’ actors [...]

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  • Should socialists support leaving the Euro?

    Should socialists support leaving the Euro?

    • October 19, 2011
    • By Administrator
    • Economics, Left debates
    • 1 comment

    The debate about retaining the Euro is a live one for the European left. In this article Joe Carter of Socialist Democracy in Ireland argues that exiting the Euro is not part of a working class programme. The perspective behind [...]

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  • Apple’s rotten core

    Apple’s rotten core

    • October 6, 2011
    • By Administrator
    • Economics
    • 35 comments

    None of the eulogies for Steve Jobs are likely to have much to say about the people who made his fortune writes Liam Mac Uaid. Apple has pioneered an aggressive anti-union strategy both in the Chinese factories that manufacture its [...]

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  • And another rule for the very rich

    And another rule for the very rich

    • August 13, 2011
    • By Administrator
    • Economics, Reviews
    • no comments

    Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World, by Nicholas Shaxson, Bodley Head, RRP £14.99 316 pages Tony Traub The offshore system is in good health. More than half of world trade passes through tax havens. Over [...]

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