Capitalism Creates Poverty

We live in a 'democracy'. A flawed democracy for sure, one with an an achronistic first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system, and...

The batt le over fracking is the new front line in the battle against climate change and the madness of the 'free' market fundamen...

The European Union is becoming the enemy of the European people - it gives me no pleas ure to post this , but it is essential that I do so...

In my last post I blogged about how the 'free' market was working - for the banks, corporations and the capitalist media (if that se...

Unfortunately t he title of this post is not really true, the first part anyway. The 'free ' market has succeeded. It has succeded...

Competition is an essential part of  our economy. The fact that companies compete with each other to provide us with bette r goods and servi...

Let me make clear from the start that by 'tax dodgers' I mean tax avoiders and well as tax evaders . The former is not unl awful an...

Another week passes by and another debacle for the BBC to deal with. Now , the BBC Director General, George Entwist le , has resigned after...

Its been an eventful weekend , with the final stages of the battle for the American Presidency, between Obama and Romney, and yet anothe...

Post-capitalist economy? - that old chestnut, a socialist arguing for the end of capitalism? But in recent times capitalism has shown that i...

Its conference season. Its also election time in the USA. Last Wednesday there was a Presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obam...

Last week we heard that Vince Cable had decided to kowtow to his Tory masters and introduce a range of 'reforms' which are intended...

Have you been watching the Paralympics? If so you will have been impressed by the endeavour of the Paralympians in striving for medal succes...

Austerity isn't working. George Osborne's economic policy is in ruins , and he is now a lame-duck Chancellor. Last month the governm...