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POPULISTS LIKE TRUMP AND MUSK ARE LIKE FIREWORK SPARKLERS. THEY BURN BRIGHTLY, FURIOUSLY AND THEN GO OUT.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN 2025: STORMY.

PROSPECTS FOR THE US ECONOMY IN 2025

I forgot to include this graph which shows the relation between turnover and capacity utilization. There trends are similar, which is important because capacity utilization modulates fixed investment and in turn fixed investment regulates turnover.

THE WAR IN LEBANON AND THE WAR IN SYRIA REPRESENT ONE IMPERIALIST FRONT.

IF CHINA IS TO PLAY CAPITALIST, THE CCP MUST ACCEPT THAT RECESSIONS ARE A NECESSARY PART OF THE LIFE-CYCLE OF CAPITALISM.

THE VALUE TREE, A PICTORIAL EXPLANATION OF THE CATEGORIES FOUND IN VOLUME 1 OF DAS KAPITAL

This is an explanatory exercise to see if it works. It does follow the chronology of Volume 1. So please let me know what you think. I have kept the headlines brief, maybe too brief.

US THIRD QUARTER PROFITS REMAINED ROBUST AT LEAST FOR THE MONOPOLIES.

‘THE WAR AGAINST THE PAST’, or is it war against the class.

THE BIDEN WHITEHOUSE NOT ONLY THREATENS THE PALESTINIANS, IT ALSO THREATENS ALL OF US.

CORRECTION. More definitive information about the missile the Russians used has come to light. It did not include a hypersonic glide bomb. Instead it was based on a third stage cannister containing 6 x 6 kinetic rods designed for penetration with a terminal speed of Mach 11. The cannister once it re-entered the atmosphere aimed the rods and released the rods in multiples of 6 at time. This guaranteed a specific pre-programmed area spread with a CEP of around 30 meters per set of rods. It is a devastating weapon, difficult to intercept and designed to take out hardened targets over a significant area.

HOW THE TURNOVER OF CAPITAL CONVERTS A RELATIVE FALL IN THE RATE OF PROFIT INTO AN ABSOLUTE FALL.

This article was inspired by a debate which took place in the comments section of a posting by Michael Roberts on papers delivered at the recent Historical Materialism Conference in London.