Economics

Marxist economists analyse the crisis

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Financial crisis
Author: 
Costas Lapavitsas/Leo Panitch/Fred Moseley/Michel Husson/Andrew Kliman/David Laibman/Simon Mohun/Trevor Evans/Robert Brenner
Antecedents and sequels of the crisis: discussion notes by Martin Thomas on the first two "rounds", November 2010.
December 2008 onwards: second comments, and some new contributors
1. Michel Husson: The Crisis of Neo-Liberal Capitalism
2. Fred Moseley: The Bondholders and the Taxpayers
3. Leo Panitch: The Chain Broke at its Weakest Link
4. Andrew Kliman: The Level of Debt is Astronomical
5. David Laibman: The Onset of Great Depression II: Conceptualising the Crisis
6. Costas Lapavitsas: The debacle of financialised capitalism
7. Robert Brenner: The economy in a world of trouble
8. Simon Mohun: The neo-liberal model is bust
9. Dick Bryan: The underlying contradictions of capitalist finance
March to June 2008:
1. Fred Moseley: The Long Trends of Profit
2. Costas Lapavitsas: A New Sort of Financial Crisis
3. Leo Panitch: The Crisis Depends on the Fightback
4. Simon Mohun: An Era of Rampant Inequality
5. Trevor Evans: The Imbalances in the System are Unsustainable
6. Dick Bryan: The Inventiveness of Capital
7. Michel Husson: A Systemic Crisis, Both Global and Long-Lasting
Appendix: AWL 2008 conference document on the world economy