Michael Roberts
worked in the City of London as an economist for over 40 years. He has closely observed the machinations of global capitalism from within the dragon’s den. At the same time, he was a political activist in the labour movement for decades. Since retiring, he has written several books. The Great Recession – a Marxist view (2009); The Long Depression (2016); Marx 200: a review of Marx’s economics (2018): and jointly with Guglielmo Carchedi as editors of World in Crisis (2018). He has published numerous papers in various academic economic journals and articles in leftist publications.
He blogs at thenextrecession.wordpress.com
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All articles in English by Michael Roberts (157)
- Japan election: from stagnation to stagflation
8 February, by Michael Roberts
- Thailand election: change or more of the same?
8 February, by Michael Roberts
- AI and creative destruction
4 February, by Michael Roberts
- Kevin Warsh – Wall Street’s man
2 February, by Michael Roberts
- US economy: beneath the bombast
2 February, by Michael Roberts
- International Call to Strengthen Antifascist and Anti-Imperialist Action
20 January, by Eric Toussaint , CADTM International , Collective , Walden Bello , Sushovan Dhar , Jeremy Corbyn , Yanis Varoufakis , Rafael Bernabe , Zoe Konstantopoulou , Jean-Luc Mélenchon , Gilbert Achcar , Tithi Bhattacharya , Nancy Fraser , Michael Roberts , Vijay Prashad , Achin Vanaik , Zarah Sultana , Manon Aubry , Annie Ernaux , Ada Colau , Bhaskar Sunkara
- Stagflation and the K-shaped economy
10 December 2025, by Michael Roberts
- The AI bubble and the US economy
1 December 2025, by Michael Roberts
- COP 30: it’s no joke
23 November 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Chile: another turn to the right?
16 November 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Depression and creative destruction
26 October 2025, by Michael Roberts
- The World After American Decline
21 October 2025, by Michael Roberts , Arman Spéth
- The AI bubble and the US economy
16 October 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Argentina: the chainsaw breaks down
4 October 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Should central banks be ‘independent’?
10 September 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Norway: the fossil fuel capital of Europe
8 September 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Tariffs and the US economy
5 August 2025, by Michael Roberts
- AI: bubbling up
29 July 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Japan: stagnation and confusion
19 July 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Sustainable development and unsustainable debt
30 June 2025, by Michael Roberts
- AHE 2025: imperialism, China and financialisation
27 June 2025, by Michael Roberts
- South Korea: under pressure
3 June 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill
29 May 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Geonomics, nationalism and trade
20 May 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Australia: stuck in the middle
2 May 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Canada: election under the shadow of Trump
28 April 2025, by Michael Roberts
- There will be blood
25 April 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Argentina: anarcho capitalism to austerity
16 April 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Tariffs, Triffin and the dollar
14 April 2025, by Michael Roberts
- Trump’s tariffs – some facts and consequences (from various sources)
7 April 2025, by Michael Roberts
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