A global manufacturing recession

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Michael Roberts As we enter October, the global recession is with us – in manufacturing.  The PMI manufacturing activity indexes for most of the major economies are below…

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Economic forecast for 2019

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Michael Roberts Well, there has not been a year starting like this for a long time.  The US government is in disarray.  The President of the Unites States starts…

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Is the global economy heading for another recession?

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Michael Roberts. The mid-term Congressional elections saw a swing to the opposition Democrats in the Lower House and the Republicans were ousted as the majority party.  This is…

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ASSA 2018 – part one: globalisation, inequality and populism

Monday, January 15, 2018

Posted on Michael Roberts’ blog on January, 7 2018. ASSA 2018 is the annual conference of the American Economic Association, drawing together the economics profession in the US…

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Are the economies of major capitalist countries picking up?

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Posted on Michael Roberts’ Blog on August 17, 2017 The latest economic data are showing that economic growth in the major capitalist countries has been picking up in…

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Looming recession in USA and its social consequences

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Posted on Marty Hart-Landsberg blog on August 28, 2017. According to Bloomberg News, analysts at a number of major financial institutions see “mounting evidence” that a recession is…

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Financial crisis ten years on: another slump on the horizon?

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Michael Roberts, Posted on Michael Robert’s blog on August 8, 2017. It’s ten years on to the day since the global financial crash began with the news that…

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Davos: responsible capitalism

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Michael Roberts. Today, the global political and economic elite meet in Davos Switzerland under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF).  Every year the WEF has an…

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The global debt hangover

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Michael Roberts. The legacy of the global financial crash and the Great Recession has left a huge mound of debt globally that weighs down the world capitalist economy. …

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Stalling or escaping?

Friday, August 5, 2016

Michael Roberts. As I reported in a recent post, global economic growth has been slowing from its already below-average level.  US economic growth has dropped away in the…

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The World Economy: Trouble Ahead

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Marty Hart-Landsberg Report from the Economic Front Economic conditions are not good and the signs are for more trouble.  The post-Great Recession recovery has been incredibly weak and…

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