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After hyperglobalisation: the capitalist reconfiguration

Diogo Machado and Alexandre Abreu — 2026-08-01T15:42:27Z

Crises of capital accumulation, from the 1970s to the 2008 financial crisis, combined with the emergence of new powers, shape capitalist and imperialist policies.

- Features / Economy, Features, Imperialism

An important contribution by Ernest Mandel to the debate on the transition to socialism

Éric Toussaint, Ernest Mandel — 2026-08-01T14:43:25Z

We are reprinting an important text that Ernest Mandel wrote in late 1963 to contribute to the public debate that had begun in Cuba a few months earlier. The main participants in the debate were, on the one hand, Ernesto Che Guevara (Minister of Industry) and Luis Álvarez Rom (Minister of Finance) and, on the other, Alberto Mora (Minister of Foreign Trade) and Marcelo Fernández Font (President of the National Bank of Cuba).
At the Cubans' request, two foreign Marxist economists joined the (…)

- Ernest Mandel Archive / Economy, Ernest Mandel, Features

The imperialism of our time

Benjamin Bürbaumer — 2026-07-27T11:06:52Z

The discussion continues on the nature of imperialisms and their functions in international relations. Interview with Benjamin Bürbaumer, economist specialist in globalisation and international political economy, by Juan Tortosa.

- Features / Economy, Features, Imperialism

Earth's first trillionaire – a damning indictment of late capitalism

Simon Hannah — 2026-06-25T19:42:59Z

A man who does Nazi salutes and promotes race wars has become the world's first trillionaire. Simon Hannah makes the case for a political revolution

- IVP617 - June 2026 / United States (USA), Economy

Global profits: an upward turn?

Michael Roberts — 2026-06-17T14:25:13Z

At the end of 2025, corporate profits in the major economies accelerated after stagnating in 2024. The global figure below is calculated from a weighted (by GDP) average of profits in the US, UK, Japan, Germany and China (taken from national accounts and in national currencies).

- Features / Economy, Features

The political economy of Ukraine's war and the politics of a coming bad peace

Adam Novak — 2026-05-29T13:32:13Z

What Moscow expected to be a war of weeks is now into its fifth year. Ukrainian railway workers, miners and energy crews keep the country running under Russian bombardment while Ukraine's oligarchic state will not ask the rich to pay for defence. This article documents the price the Ukrainian working class is paying, the feminised volunteer infrastructure carrying what the state will not, the mass anti-corruption mobilisations, and the stakes of a reconstruction now being designed in donor conferences.

- Features / Economy, Ukraine

Affordability or Crisis of Social Reproduction?

Kim Moody — 2026-05-29T13:24:55Z

“Right now, we are seeing an upswing in left and progressive movement activity in the fight against Trump, with No Kings Day, May Day Strong, and Anti-ICE activity, as well as significant union growth, tenants' unions, and the proliferation of union reform caucuses (among others). But there is the danger that—like the short-lived upsurge around Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the resistance during Trump's first term in office—much of this activity will burn out for lack of solid grassroots organization, only to leave another trail of undemocratic advocacy NGOs and a tiny number of socialist “electeds” swimming against the current in the Democratic Party.”

- Features / United States (USA), Marxism, Women, Economy

Theses for an ecosocialist critique of artificial intelligence

Daniel Tanuro — 2026-05-02T07:30:13Z

This text focuses on generative AI. The formulation in theses (unevenly developed) is not intended to establish certainties, but to facilitate debate by the conciseness of the presentation.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Economy, Ecosocialism

The Fuel Protests: Blame The Government Not the Protesters

People Before Profit — 2026-04-13T09:55:12Z

Widespread protests against fuel price rises have provoked broad debate on the Irish left, between support and caling for the protests to stop because of teh disruption to peoples's lives. This is the position of the broad socialist organization People Before Profit.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Ireland, Economy, Protest movements

For a different economic policy in response to the far right and Trump's offensive

Antoine Larrache, Éric Toussaint — 2026-04-12T10:21:58Z

Éric Toussaint was interviewed by Antoine Larrache for Inprecor magazine on 5 November 2025.
Antoine Larrache: Could you provide an overview of the European Union's economic situation in comparison to the global market?
Éric Toussaint: The countries of the European Union, including the United Kingdom, are currently facing significant challenges. Firstly, economic growth is close to zero. While we do not advocate for growth in the traditional sense, it presents a considerable issue for (…)

- Features / Economy, Far Right