Britain is experiencing “the deepest recession and weakest recovery for 100 years,” according to Michael Saunders, an economist at Citigroup. Output has not recovered even half of what it lost…
May 12, 2012 / Comments Off / Read MoreThe Eurozone crisis is the main immediate threat to world economic stability and could spark another worldwide recession. Now the 6 May elections have added a new political dimension, with…
May 12, 2012 / Comments Off / Read MoreTHE UK is facing a double dip recession, the first since 1975, according to recent economic data, writes Simon Hardy…
February 3, 2012 / Comments Off / Read MoreDespite the best efforts of the French and German leaders, the Eurozone crisis is not going away, writes Andy Yorke…
February 3, 2012 / Comments Off / Read MoreNone of the problems from 2008 have gone away; in fact many have become worse, argues Richard Brenner. What are the European leaders planning next?…
December 7, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreNo matter what they try, nothing seems to work… The world leaders have gathered at the G20, and European leaders are having regular summits, but the economy is just getting…
November 7, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreThe world economy has so far failed to emerge from the crisis with any degree of health, Richard Brenner looks at the problems at the heart of the global system…
August 31, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreThe prospects of a financial collapse in one more more country in Europe could well see the end of the Euro, writes Richard Brenner…
May 30, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreAre the cuts about ideology or necessity? Many on the left have argued they have more to do with Tory politics than raw economic necessity, a case put forcefully by…
April 26, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreClosing remarks:
November 13, 2011 / Comments Off / Read Morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50IXNRiIuWg
November 8, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreFrom StopWar.org.uk
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A critical review of the anti-cuts movement
As we approach the second anniversary of the Coalition government coming to office, Workers Power conference looked back at the movement against austerity – not from the viewpoint of passively…
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