Posted: January 6th, 2010 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Events | Tags: Economic Crisis, Events | 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 »
Posted: December 17th, 2009 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Economics, Events | Tags: Economic Crisis, Events, marx | 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 »
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 | Author: Andrew Kliman | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Economics | Tags: persistent fall in profitability | 2 Comments »
In an October 16 article, “ISJ 124: Kliman and Choonara review” published on the website of the Permanent Revolution organization, Bill Jefferies criticizes my recent review of Chris Harman’s new book, Zombie Capitalism. Key points of contention have to do with the current economic crisis and its causes, so my response to Jefferies may be of general interest, and of interest to those who’ve read my new study of movements of profitability in the U.S. corporate sector. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 22nd, 2009 | Author: Andrew Kliman | Filed under: Economic Crisis | No Comments »
Don’t be fooled by all of the hand-wringing and crocodile tears being shed over the role of financial speculation in bringing about the current economic crisis. Policymakers aren’t going to do away with speculation.
And the reason isn’t that there’s a conspiracy between them and the speculators.
Paul Krugman gives away the fundamental reason is his latest (July 21, 2009) New York Times post: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 3rd, 2009 | Author: A | Filed under: Economic Crisis, Events, News, Organization | Tags: confronting capitalisms economic crisis, crisis, Economic Crisis, economy, Events, marx, Organization | 5 Comments »
Here is a video of the first meeting in the on-going series. It includes talks by Andrew Kliman: “The economic crisis and left responses,” and by Anne Jaclard: “A new organization for a time of crisis,” and discussion with the audience.
Check out information for rest of the seminars in this series. Andrew Kliman’s charts for the presentation in this movie are posted below the jump for reference.
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