A Theory of Mental Health and Monopoly Capitalism
March 1, 2020
David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. As an exposition of… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Capitalism
The Quality of Monopoly Capitalist Society: Mental Health
March 1, 2020
When Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy’s Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order was published by Monthly Review Press in 1966, two of the… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, February 2020
February 1, 2020
Economists generally expect wages to rise significantly at the peak of the business cycle. The fact that this is not happening today is seen as something of a paradox. According… READ MORE
This is our legacy
November 1, 2019
How will they curse us,the 3rd, 4th generations,the ones that survivethe deaths we left them? How could we explainthe world on fire, specieswiped out daily, oceanswith more plastic than fish?… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, October 2019
October 1, 2019
If there is one thing that is clear about the economic situation in the mature capitalist economies, as we write these notes in mid–August 2019, it is that the financial… READ MORE
Neoliberal Capitalism at a Dead End
July 1, 2019
Utsa Patnaik is Professor Emerita at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her books include Peasant Class Differentiation (1987), The Long Transition (1999), and… READ MORE
Owning Financialization
April 1, 2019
Michael Roberts is a Marxist economist. He is the author of The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism (Haymarket Books, 2016) and writes regular commentary and analysis… READ MORE
The Critique of Financialization: A Reply to Michael Roberts
April 1, 2019
We agree with Michael Roberts that Marxists do not “own the expression” financialization. We disagree, however, with respect to the importance of the actual historical phenomenon represented by financialization and… READ MORE
Capitalism Has FailedÑWhat Next?
February 1, 2019
Less than two decades into the twenty-first century, it is evident that capitalism has failed as a social system. The world is mired in economic stagnation, financialization, and the most… READ MORE
Capitalism and Mental Health
January 1, 2019
David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. A mental-health crisis is… READ MORE