Political Economy
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Our Economic Prospects After Party Conference Season are Still Dire
The party conference season has ended with no-one any the wiser as to how the British economy will get out of its current dire condition.
- Parliament
- Trade
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The Politics of Inflation Management
An unanticipated and almost wholly unexpected coincidence of economic events occurred in Britain in July 2022.
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Politics and the Business Cycle
"Read my lips: no new taxes" (George Bush, 1988)
- Trade
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Political Aspects of Full Employment: A Reassessment of Kalecki
Michal Kalecki’s 1943 article “Political Aspects of Full Employment” suggested a possible ambivalence of business interests in capitalist economies to the maintenance of full employment.
- Work & Trade Unions
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Michal Kalecki: An Economist of Our Time
Kalecki’s valuable and lasting contributions to economic thought ensures that his importance will be more generally recognised.
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The Effects of the European Monetary System on Anglo-Irish Relations (1979)
What happened when Ireland decided to join the European Monetary System?
- Trade
- Ireland
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The Politics of Inflation
Inflation in the late twentieth century is as much a political phenomenon as an economic one.
- Trade
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Inflation, Collective Bargaining and Public Opinion
Depreciating the currency by enforcing pay claims is a senseless process at best, but Governments have not been able to stop it. Public opinion will not let them. Why?
- Work & Trade Unions
- Trade
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Political Aspects of Full Employment
Kalecki's affirmation that full employment adversely affect profits represents a radical departure from the classical Marxist theoretical tradition within which he wrote.
- Work & Trade Unions