Introduction International Women’s Day (IWD) is now just a week away. A few days later, March 13th, is the deadline day for submissions...

Global economy faces $19tn corporate debt timebomb, warns IMF Here we have the IMF warning the capitalist class, and the governments that...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that a new LNP government would go after workers and union rights after winning an election....

IMF chief economist, Gita Gopinath reckoned the global economy had entered “a delicate moment”. She offered a decisive insight: “If the...

Sticking up for Big Hungry Profiteering Over the past few days various media reports have highlighted the delicious connections between...

Davos and the ‘liberal order’ I think this, by Michael Roberts, is a pretty good summary of what the Davos Forum, now underway on the ski...

Here, Michael Roberts gives a good overview of the global picture regarding new levels of instability in the economic system. Instability...

The ACTU’S Change the Rules Campaign draws attention to the “broken rules” – from the point of view of workers – in the Fair Work Act...

Global economy is facing a ‘perfect storm’ BIS fears that increasing protectionism could reverse decades of progress....

Tricky questions for activists and their leaders Mid September is the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the American...

Part 1 The latest Journal of Australian Political Economy (number 81) was published last week (click here) and reported in the Sydney...

Don Sutherland 27/3/16 I decided to take a close look because early last week the Australian Tax Office (ATO) released to the general...

Australia is not mentioned once in this up to date rveiew of the real and severe problems in the global economy. Having said that, the...

Is anyone aware of analysis of the Australian situation on these issues?

I think this analysis is really important and is relvant the Australian context also. Here,the opposition to the Federal government and...

Michael, thank you again, and this is excellent timing for us here in Australia as our current neoliberal government under PM Tony Abbott...

I think this helps to understand what SYRIZA is trying to do. It must continue to build its base in Greece and extend that beyond to...

Who In Australia would trust the Abbott and Hockey (Liberal government) alliance with the Business Council of Australia to manage the...

This story in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/23/greece-solidarity-movement-cooperatives-syriza describes the...

Common Action, starting in Sydney, is trying bring together the dozens of points of opposition to the Australian neo-liberal Agenda of...