15 years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the economy is once again taking a turn for the worse. The past decade and a half has seen capitalism go from disaster to disaster. Instability and chaos are the new normal.
Whether it’s environmental crises, economic crises or political crisis, the world has lurched from one extraordinary event to another. Bu ... Show More
Aug 15
What is the Labour Theory of Value?
What is value? This question has perplexed the human mind for more than 2,000 years. The classical bourgeois economists grappled with the question, as did Marx. Joe Russell, Executive Committee member of the RCP, discusses Marx’s completion of the Labour Theory of Value, and prov ... Show More
45m 16s
Aug 1
The legacy of British imperialism in Ireland
As British capitalism’s first colony, imperialism cut its teeth in Ireland. The domination of Ireland by British capitalists, landlords, and financiers resulted in untold horrors; from the artificial famine of the 1840s and 50s, to the war for national liberation, through to the ... Show More
51m 49s
Mar 2023
The crisis of democratic capitalism with Martin Wolf
Some analysts argue that capitalism would work better without democracy, while others believe that democracy would be better off without capitalism – so what’s the solution? In his new book “The crisis of democratic capitalism”, Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Fin ... Show More
33m 35s
Oct 2023
Exactly What is Communism?
On today’s show we are talking about what is driving the economy.
There was a time when I thought the fear over communism taking hold in the west was overblown. Yes, communism had taken hold in China, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. But we saw how that turned out. Communis ... Show More
5m 20s
Jan 2021
The Fundamentals of Marxism: Intro to Political Economy
In this episode, Alyson and Breht introduce the core concepts of Marxist political economy by an analysis of the history of political economy, core economic concepts in Marxism, and much more! Outline for this episode with timestamps Political Economy: [5:00] Definition: Politica ... Show More
1h 26m