On the Roots of the Current Economic Crisis and Some Proposed Solutions

Posted: April 17th, 2009 | Author: Andrew Kliman | Filed under: Economic Crisis | Tags: , , , | 11 Comments »

by Andrew Kliman, Author of Reclaiming Marx’s “Capital“: A refutation of the myth of inconsistency

Some prominent radical economists and non-economists have denied that Marx’s theory of the tendential fall in the rate of profit helps to explain the current economic crisis. I want to begin by explaining why they dismiss this theory, and then argue, to the contrary, that the current crisis does have a lot to do with the tendential fall in the rate of profit as analyzed by Marx.
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1/15: Talk on the Roots of the Economic Crisis @ Historical Materialism 2010 in NYC

Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Events | Tags: , | No Comments »

Please join us at the 2010 Historical Materialism Conference in NYC for a talk by Andrew Kliman on the “Roots of the Economic Crisis: The Persistent Fall in Profitability & Debt Financing.”

Friday, January 15, 2010 at 10:15 a.m. At the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (bet. 34-35th St.), Room 6417. Read the rest of this entry »


Video: “Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis”

Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Economics, Events | Tags: , , | No Comments »

The Marxist-Humanist Initiative sponsored and participated in several panels and events at the Rethinking Marxism conference in Amherst, MA, from November 5-8, 2009. Video from a series of sessions, Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis, sponsored by the Marxist-Humanist Initiative and Critique of Political Economy at Rethinking Marxism is now available. Special thanks to Brendan Cooney for the video recordings. Read the rest of this entry »


Iraqi Women Still Fighting for Freedom and Equality

Posted: December 6th, 2009 | Author: Anne Jaclard | Filed under: News, Women's Liberation | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Exclusive interview by MHI with Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which she co-founded shortly after the US invasion in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »


Ian MacDonald, 1957-2009

Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: Anne Jaclard | Filed under: News | Tags: | No Comments »

We mourn the untimely loss of our British comrade Ian MacDonald, who died Sunday Nov. 15 after a brief battle with cancer. A member of the London Corresponding Committee and a frequent writer for its journal, The Hobgoblin, he was also a long-time, highly respected union activist. Read the rest of this entry »


Audio: Nov. 4 Talk on Swedish “Socialism”

Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Events | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

On November 4th, 2009 the Marxist-Humanist Initiative and the New SPACE presented a talk by Daniel Ankarloo, “Swedish ‘Socialism’ – Not what it used to be, but then again it never was,” in NYC. An audio recording of this talk is now available online.

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