Economic Crisis Links
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"All contradictions of bourgeois production collectively come into eruption in the general crisis on the world market." - Karl Marx

Political Economy Links:

orange ball The Marxian Crises Theory
orange ball Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory by Paul Mattick
orange ball Links on the Brenner Debate
orange ball Marx's Theory of Economic Crisis , Stuart Easterling, International Socialist Review , November/December 2003
Books:
orange ball James O'Connor, The Meaning of Crisis: A Theoretical Introduction (1988)
orange ball David Harvey, The Limits to Capital (1982)

GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
orange ball "How Should We Respond To The Imploding Economy: Are We Facing Just Another Market Problem or A System Collapse?" - Danny Schechter, Common Dreams , July 27, 2008
orange ball "Crystal Ball Gazing: Visualize the Dow at 6,000" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , July 24, 2008
orange ball "Debt capitalism self-destructs" - Henry C. K. Liu Asia Times , July 22, 2008
orange ball "The global economy is at the point of maximum danger" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The Telegraph , July 20, 2008
orange ball "Economist Predicts Worst is Just Ahead" - West Orlando News , July 18, 2008
orange ball "US faces global funding crisis, warns Merrill Lynch" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The Telegraph , July 16, 2008
orange ball "The worst may not be over on Wall Street" - Charles Duhigg and David Jolly, IHT , June 30, 2008
orange ball "Huge Credit Card Crisis Next for America" - Allen L. Roland, Salon.com , June 30, 2008
orange ball "Barclays warns of a financial storm as Federal Reserve's credibility crumbles" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , June 28, 2008
orange ball "Envisioning a world of $200-a-barrel oil" - Martin Zimmerman, Los Angeles Times , June 28, 2008
orange ball "RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , June 18, 2008
orange ball "Colliding Bubbles, US Unemployment, the Credit Crisis and Oil Price Surge" - John Mauldin, Information Clearing House , June 17, 2008
orange ball "Morgan Stanley warns of 'catastrophic event' as ECB fights Federal Reserve" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , June 17, 2008
orange ball "Why It's Worse Than You Think: For months, economic Pollyannas have looked beyond the dismal headlines and promised a quick recovery in the second half. They're dead wrong." - Daniel Gross, Newsweek , June 16, 2008
orange ball "Pol/Econ: You better get used to $4 gas" - Garrett Johnson, Bits of News , June 3, 2008
orange ball "Economic depression in America: Evidence of a withering economy is everywhere" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , June 2, 2008
orange ball "The spectre of 'stagflation'" - Sean O'Grady, The Independent , May 14, 2008
orange ball "Bernanke takes one more gamble" - Julian Delasantellis, Asia Times , May 1, 2008
orange ball "The End of Cheap Food? High Cost of Commodities Will Continue to Hit Developing World Hardest " - Mary Kane, Washington Independent , April 24, 2008
orange ball "Message To Fed Chief Bernanke: "Enough With The Cuts, Already" " - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , April 22, 2008
orange ball "An Uncertain Time for Capitalism" - Carl Bloice, The Black Commentator , April 2008
orange ball "Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo warn 'delusional' investors on stocks" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , April 15, 2008
orange ball "GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS: The Fury of the Poor" - Der Spiegel , April 14, 2008
orange ball "Financial Collapse will End the Occupation: And it won't be "A time of our choosing"" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , April 14, 2008
orange ball "The Black Death of financial collapse" - James Cumes, Asia Times , April 10, 2008
orange ball "US jobless figures: The specter of a new depression" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , April 5, 2008
orange ball "US financial system faced collapse, bank regulators tell Senate hearing on Bear Stearns bailout" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , April 4, 2008
orange ball "US Treasury plan shields Wall Street speculators" , by Andre Damon and Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , April 1, 2008
orange ball "More than a recession: An economic model unravels" , by Joel Geier, International Socialist Review , March-April 2008
orange ball "Batten down the hatches: this is the big one: The Bank has to change its low inflation mentality to address economic reality" - Ashley Seager, The Guardian , March 31, 2008
orange ball "Chaos on Wall Street" - Allan Sloan, Fortune Magazine , March 31, 2008
orange ball "If It's Not Dead on Arrival, Someone Should Shoot It Quick: Paulson's Fixit Plan for Wall Street" - Mike Whitney, CounterPunch , March 31, 2008
orange ball "Shades of 1929: Bear Stearns collapse signals deepest crisis since Great Depression" , by Editorial Board, World Socialist Web Site , March 18, 2008
orange ball "US truck drivers squeezed by soaring diesel prices" , by Lawrence Standford, World Socialist Web Site , March 18, 2008
orange ball "US slides into recession - who's next?" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , March 17, 2008
orange ball "After the Bear Stearns bailout: Fears of more Wall Street failures" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , March 17, 2008
orange ball "Financial meltdown: another day, another finance house bites the dust" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , March 17, 2008
orange ball "1929: Can it happen again?" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , March 17, 2008
orange ball "America was conned - who will pay? The South Sea Bubble ended in riots as trust was lost. Wall Street also duped the public" - Mike Whitney, The Guardian , March 17, 2008
orange ball "Investment Giant Rushed to ICU by Panicky Fed Chief: Bearly Alive" - Mike Whitney, CounterPunch , March 15/16, 2008
orange ball "Gold and oil prices soar, dollar slumps, Carlyle Group fund collapses" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , March 14, 2008
orange ball "US Federal Reserve injects $200 billion into credit markets to avert financial meltdowns" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , March 13, 2008
orange ball "US: 63,000 jobs lost as economy continues downslide" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , March 8, 2008
orange ball "Drive mounts for US government bailout of banks" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , March 7, 2008
orange ball "US stocks plunge following Fed Chairman Bernanke’s testimony before Congress" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , March 1, 2008
orange ball "US Federal Reserve downgrades economic growth forecast for 2008" , by Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , February 26, 2008
orange ball "More and more workers are left... Unemployed and no end in sight" , by Elizabeth Schulte, Socialist Worker , February 22, 2008
orange ball "America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns" - Martin Wolf, Financial Times , February 18, 2008
orange ball "Bernanke's State of the Economy Speech: "You are all Dead Ducks"" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , February 16, 2008
orange ball "The fall of the Dollar Empire" - An interview with Hamid Varzi by Monavar Khalaj, Press TV , February 15, 2008
orange ball "Paulson's Wild Ride on the Hindenburg: "The worst has just begun""" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , February 15, 2008
orange ball "Bush administration, banks announce another token measure on home foreclosures" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , February 14, 2008
orange ball "Depression risk might force U.S. to buy assets" - John Parry, Reuters , February 13, 2008
orange ball "U.S. mortgage crisis spreads beyond subprime loans" - Vikas Bajaj and Louise Story, International Herald Tribune , February 12, 2008
orange ball "The Bush Bust of '08: "It's All Downhill From Here, Folks"" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , February 7, 2008
orange ball "Fragile Dollar Hegemony: Iran's Oil Bourse could Topple the Dollar" - Mike Whitney, Global Research , February 4, 2008
orange ball "Something Had to Give: How Oil Burst the American Bubble" - Michael Klare Tom Dispatch , February 2008
orange ball "World chokes on bad spell on Wall St" - David Dapice Asia Times , February 1, 2008
orange ball "America's Teetering Banking System: "Where did all our deposits go?"" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , January 31, 2008
orange ball "US slides into dangerous 1930s 'liquidity trap'" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , January 25, 2008
orange ball "US home foreclosures rise by 75 percent in 2007" , by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , January 30, 2008
orange ball "US recession fears provoke continued market turmoil" , by Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , January 24, 2008
orange ball "World economy in crisis - The financial panic: where are we now?" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , January 23, 2008
orange ball "Stock market latest: more panic" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , January 23, 2008
orange ball "Panic!" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , January 23, 2008
orange ball "US cuts interest rates amid fears of global financial collapse" , by Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , January 23, 2008
orange ball "Threat of US recession panics global stock markets" , by Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , January 22, 2008
orange ball "Amid record losses, Wall Street awarded itself $39 billion" , by Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , January 21, 2008
orange ball "The worst market crisis in 60 years" - George Soros, Financial Times , January 19, 2008
orange ball "The Week the Economy turned Nasty" - Jeremy Warner, The Independent , January 19, 2008
orange ball "Fears of major recession escalate" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , January 17, 2008
orange ball "A Different Recession: The Old Remedies Won't Work This Time" - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post , January 16, 2008
orange ball "Bush announces “stimulus” plan as recession fears grip Washington" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , January 19, 2008
orange ball "As Wall Street posts sharp losses, Washington promotes “stimulus package”" , by Bill Van Auken and Andre Damon, World Socialist Web Site , January 18, 2008
orange ball "US bank losses intensify recession fears" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , January 15, 2008
orange ball "US Federal Reserve chairman warns of recession danger, promises more rate cuts" , by Andre Damon and Joe Kay, World Socialist Web Site , January 12, 2008
orange ball "The Deflation Time-bomb" - Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , January 10, 2008
orange ball "Peak Capitalism: A Commentary" - Richard Moore, BarolynBaker.net , January 10, 2008
orange ball "Sharp rise in unemployment rate: US jobs report shows slide into recession" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , January 5, 2008
orange ball "Bush convenes Plunge Protection Team" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , January 1, 2008
orange ball "Crisis may make 1929 look a 'walk in the park'" - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph , December 23, 2007
orange ball "Crony-Capitalists Fiddle While Main Street Burns: Crashing Citigroup" - Pam Martens, CounterPunch , November 28, 2007
orange ball "Credit crunch!" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , November 28, 2007
orange ball "With the Recession Becoming Inevitable the Consensus Shifts Towards the Hard Landing View. And the Rising Risk of a Systemic Financial Meltdown" , by Nouriel Roubini, RGE Monitor , November 16, 2007
orange ball "Near-panic atmosphere as US Federal Reserve chairman testifies before Congress" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , November 9, 2007
orange ball "The Long Fall: A Market Without Parachutes" , by Mike Whitney, CounterPunch , November 8, 2007
orange ball "Citigroup ousts CEO, warns of billions more in subprime losses" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , November 6, 2007
orange ball "The worst crisis I've seen in 30 years: The latest financial downturn is the final nail in the coffin of the conservative free-market world-view" , by Will Hutton, The Observer , November 4, 2007
orange ball "Stock market gyrations fueled by credit, housing market crises" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , November 3, 2007
orange ball "Signs of the next recession" , by Joel Geier, Socialist Worker , September 28, 2007
orange ball "A financial September 11” - Lessons of the banking crisis – Part One" , by Alan Woods, In Defense of Marxism , September 25, 2007
orange ball "The Era of Global Financial Instability" , by Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , September 21, 2007
orange ball "The Triumph of Structured Finance: Failing banks, toxic bonds and mortgage laundering" , by Mike Whitney, Information Clearing House , September 17, 2007
orange ball "Plummeting Dollar, Credit Crunch... Final Stop: Soup Kitchen U.S.A." , by Mike Whitney, CounterPunch , September 15/16, 2007
orange ball "Plummeting Dollar, Credit Crunch... Final Stop: Soup Kitchen U.S.A." , by Mike Whitney, CounterPunch , September 15/16, 2007
orange ball "The Coming U.S. Hard Landing" , by Nouriel Roubin, Information Clearing House , September 12, 2007
orange ball "Prospects for US recession increase as jobs report shows first decline in four years" , by Joe Kay, World Socialist Web Site , September 8, 2007
orange ball "World economy: Credit crunch could bring recession" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 7, 2007
orange ball "Prospects for US recession increase as jobs report shows first decline in four years" , by Joe Kay, World Socialist Web Site , September 8, 2007
orange ball "The Predicted Financial Storm Has Arrived" , by Gabriel Kolko, ZNet , August 29, 2007
orange ball "UK interest rates: the chickens are coming home" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , August 27, 2007
orange ball "World economy: Credit crunch fallout begins to spread" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 24, 2007
orange ball "The Great Financial Crisis or Who’s Got a Turd in his Briefcase?" , by James Petras, August 24, 2007
orange ball "Foreclosures soar, layoffs mount in US mortgage industry crisis" , by Joe Kay, World Socialist Web Site , August 22, 2007
orange ball "The Fastow Economy: Credit Derivative Orgy is Behind Liquidity Crisis" , Martha Rosenberg, CounterPunch , August 21, 2007
orange ball "Credit crisis claims another bank" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 20, 2007
orange ball "Reflections on the current crisis" , Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer , August 2007
orange ball "Here Come the Corporate Bailouts: Greed and Folly on Wall Street" , Ralph Nader, CounterPunch , August 18/19, 2007
orange ball "Fed moves to halt market meltdown" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 18, 2007
orange ball "How Far Will the Crash Go and What Do we Do Now? The “Crash of 2007-8” is underway" , Robert C. Cook, Global Research , August 18, 2007
orange ball "Dead stockbrokers" , Lenin's Tomb , August 18, 2007
orange ball "Downturn in U.S. Housing Market Shakes Financial Markets Around the World" , by Adam Price, Fight Back! , August 18, 2007
orange ball "Wild gyrations on world markets" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 18, 2007
orange ball "Financial Meltdown: A "Slow Motion Train Wreck"" , by Stephen Lendman, Global Research , August 15, 2007
orange ball "Nightmare on Wall Street" , by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , August 15, 2007
orange ball "Worldwide market panic compels central banks to intervene" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , August 13, 2007
orange ball "Subprime or Subcrime? Time To Investigate and Prosecute" , by Danny Schechter, Media Channel , August 11, 2007
orange ball "The Empire Shudders And Shakes" , by David Truskoff, Countercurrents , August 10, 2007
orange ball "Credit fears spark stock market plunge" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , August 10, 2007
orange ball "Behind the stock market plunge" , by Lee Sustar, Socialist Worker , August 3, 2007
orange ball "Bursting of credit bubble underlies stock market turbulence" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , August 2, 2007
orange ball "A New Global Financial Architechture?" , by Robert Wade, New Left Review , July/August 2007
orange ball "Global credit crisis fuels stock market turmoil" , by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , July 31, 2007
orange ball "Mortgage lending crisis sparks Wall Street plunge" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , July 27, 2007
orange ball "The Crash of 1929: Are We on the Verge of a Repeat?" , by Scott Thill, AlterNet , July 26, 2007
orange ball "Perspectives for the World Economy - Crisis is looming" , by Juan Ignacio Ramos, In Defense of Marxism , May 25, 2007
orange ball "After strong growth, world economy at a “turning point”" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 24, 2007
orange ball "More nerves on the stock exchange" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , March 14, 2007
orange ball "World stock markets in turmoil" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , March 1, 2007
orange ball "Boom to Slump" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , November 13, 2006
orange ball "Dr Pangloss Rules?" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , October 27, 2006
orange ball ""The Demons of Greed are Loose": Why a Global Economic Deluge Looms" , by Gabriel Kolko, CounterPunch , June 15, 2006
orange ball "Time Is Running Out" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , September 20, 2005
orange ball "Financial markets shaken by US dollar scare" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 25, 2005
orange ball "US Federal Reserve lifts interest rates" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 3, 2005
orange ball "Dollar devaluation cannot right the US economy" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 22, 2004
orange ball "Question mark over US dollar’s global role" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 8, 2004
orange ball "US dollar slide to continue after G20 meeting" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 23, 2004
orange ball "US risks a downhill dollar disaster" , by Larry Elliott, The Guardian , November 22, 2004
orange ball "US dollar slide increases global tensions" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 18, 2004
orange ball "US debt ceiling to be lifted" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 8, 2004
orange ball "World of worry" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , September 20, 2004
orange ball "July jobless figures debunk claims of US economic recovery" , by Joseph Kay, World Socialist Web Site , August 7, 2004
orange ball "Growing imbalances belie Greenspan’s confidence" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , July 23, 2004
orange ball "US balance of payments gap widens again" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , June 22, 2004
orange ball "US Fed set to lift rates" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , June 9, 2004
orange ball "Global recovery could be short lived" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , May 17, 2004
orange ball "China “overheating” spells trouble for world economy" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , May 5, 2004
orange ball "Proceed carefully with interest rate rise, IMF warns" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 22, 2004
orange ball "Banker’s speech points to global problems" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 1, 2004
orange ball "How healthy is the British economy?" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , March 28, 2004
orange ball "US consumer debt reaches record levels" , by Joanne Laurier, World Socialist Web Site , January 15, 2004
orange ball "WMGs (Weapons of Mass Growth) – will never be found" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , January 12, 2004
orange ball "US job growth virtually zero in December" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , January 10, 2004
orange ball "Behind the economic “recovery”: Hunger and homelessness in US continue to rise in 2003" , by Jamie Chapman, World Socialist Web Site , January 10, 2004
orange ball "U.S. Economy: A new boom?" , by Joel Geier, International Socialist Review , January-February 2004
orange ball "Whither the US dollar?" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 23, 2003
orange ball "Euphoria and the bursting bubble" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , October 28, 2003
orange ball "Sunny summer optimism" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , August 2003
orange ball "439,000 file new claims: US unemployment lines hit 20-year peak" , by Jeremy Johnson, World Socialist Web Site , July 16, 2003
orange ball "Amid official predictions of recovery: US jobless rate soared in June" , by Bill Vann, World Socialist Web Site , July 8, 2003
orange ball "Britain: Economic fears of deflation and the last laugh" , Editorial, Socialist Appeal , July 3, 2003
orange ball "Deflation and depression" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , May 21, 2003
orange ball "Don’t turn the world over to the bankers: Development financing, which had been influenced by the generous philosophies of John Maynard Keynes after the second world war, has been mistakenly returned to the commercial bankers in the past 20 years." - by James K. Galbraith, Le Monde diplomatique , May 2003
orange ball "The world economy after Iraq" - Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , April 27, 2003
orange ball "308,000 jobs lost in US in February" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , March 8, 2003
orange ball "The beginning of the end of the US empire?" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , February 28, 2003
orange ball "Record US trade deficit highlights global imbalances" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 25, 2003
orange ball "Towards the Precipice" , by Robert Bremmer, London Review of Books , February 6, 2003
orange ball "US economy stalls in fourth quarter" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 4, 2003
orange ball "Davos summit: From the “new economy” to war and recession" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , January 28, 2003
orange ball "Worsening problems for global economy" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , January 17, 2003
orange ball "Bush's 'economic stimulus' plan: Guns for the workers, butter for the rich" , by Leslie Feinberg, Workers World , January 16, 2003
orange ball "Deflation threatens world economic growth" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 31, 2002
orange ball "World economy 2003: hope and reality" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , December 29, 2002
orange ball "Deflation threat to world economy" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 16, 2002
orange ball "Global survey reveals growing economic hardship, opposition to US" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , December 13, 2002
orange ball "United Airlines bankruptcy signals new attacks on US workers: US Airways and American seek millions in concessions" , by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , December 11, 2002
orange ball "Bush administration drives United Airlines into bankruptcy: Government panel demands all-out attack on airline workers" , by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , December 7, 2002
orange ball "US unemployment surges in November" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , December 7, 2002
orange ball "US home foreclosures hit highest level in 30 years" , by Shannon Jones, World Socialist Web Site , December 7, 2002
orange ball "US manufacturing continues to decline: thousands more layoffs" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , December 6, 2002
orange ball "Bush slashes federal workers’ pay raise" , by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , December 5, 2002
orange ball "Bush to privatize 850,000 jobs: 'All-out war on federal workers'" , by Milt Neidenberg, Workers World , November 28, 2002
orange ball "Bush’s Christmas gift to the jobless: one million lose benefits December 28" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , November 28, 2002
orange ball "Telecommunications layoffs mount worldwide" , by Paul Sherman, World Socialist Web Site , November 20, 2002
orange ball "US economic outlook: fears of renewed recession—and worse" , by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , November 15, 2002
orange ball "Amid growing signs of new recession: US job cuts continue to mount" , by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , November 2, 2002
orange ball "Unemployment benefits running out for over 3 million US jobless" , by Paul Sherman, World Socialist Web Site , November 2, 2002
orange ball "US profit rates decline despite productivity growth" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 30, 2002
orange ball "Deflation and Depression" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , October 23, 2002
orange ball "Deflation threat to world economy" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 16, 2002
orange ball "US job cuts accelerated in September" , by Jerry Sherman, World Socialist Web Site , October 5, 2002
orange ball "Capital markets are “not functioning” Wall Street suffers worst quarter since 1987" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 2, 2002
orange ball "World economy like a “house of cards”" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 27, 2002
orange ball "US poverty rose sharply in 2001" , by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , September 27, 2002
orange ball "Bank of Japan announces desperate measures to shore up banking system" , by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , September 26, 2002
orange ball "Global imbalances are “unsustainable” says IMF" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 24, 2002
orange ball "The End of Empire" , by William Greider, The Nation , September 23, 2002
orange ball "The stock market bubble and Mr Greenspan" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 18, 2002
orange ball "IMF report warns of global financial risks" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 17, 2002
orange ball "US layoffs mount—68,000 lost factory jobs in August" , by Bill Vann, World Socialist Web Site , September 7, 2002
orange ball "US job cuts accelerated in September" , by Jerry Isaacs, World Socialist Web Site , September 7, 2002
orange ball "Fear of global slump sparks share market plunge" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 4, 2002
orange ball "Capitalist recession and Iraq" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , September 2002
orange ball "Enron Metastasized: Scandals and The Economy" - by Robert Brenner, Against the Current , September-October 2002
orange ball "Is the US economy heading into deflation?" , by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 29, 2002
orange ball "Bankers’ bank sounds some warnings" , by Joe Lopez and Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 28, 2002
orange ball "False Optimism" , by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , August 22, 2002
orange ball "Second-largest US airline threatens bankruptcy, demands concessions" , by Allen Whyte, World Socialist Web Site , August 19, 2002
orange ball "Bourgeois strategists continue to be haunted by Marx" , by Rob Sewell, In Defense of Marxism , August 18, 2002
orange ball "World Economy: Economists in Denial" , by Mark Weisbrot, Green Left , August 14, 2002
orange ball "US Airways files for bankruptcy: Signals new assault on airline workers" , by Jerry Isaacs, World Socialist Web Site , August 13, 2002
orange ball "Turmoil: Stocks yo-yo as markets reveal $7 trillion loss" - by Dierdre Griswold, Workers World , August 1, 2002
orange ball "WorldCom bankruptcy: Echoes of 1873 railroad industry collapse" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , August 1, 2002
orange ball "Bush's Appeal for Corporate "Accountability" Will it Revive the Economy?" - by David May, In Defense of Marxism , July 24, 2002
orange ball "It's not just the crooks on Wall Street: Bush can't fix a crooked system Market plunge, falling profits reflect capitalist rot" - by Dierdre Griswold, Workers World , July 18, 2002
orange ball "Stock market Neros fiddle as workers burn: Wall Street cheers rising joblessness" - by Garry Wilson, Workers World , July 18, 2002
orange ball "On the edge of a precipice: The US stock market collapse could trigger the biggest global recession since the 1930s" - by Larry Elliott, The Guardian , July 16, 2002
orange ball "The Turn of the Tide" - by Alan Woods, In Defense of Marxism , July 13, 2002
orange ball "Wall Street crisis staggers Bush" - by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , July 12, 2002
orange ball "June unemployment figures show US "recovery" is jobless" - by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , July 8, 2002
orange ball "The economy after the boom: a diagnosis" - by Robert Brenner, International Viewpoint , July-August 2002
orange ball "It's a World Con" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , July 1, 2002
orange ball "US dollar’s "virtuous circle" may be turning vicious" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , June 20, 2002
orange ball "US capitalism: Digging a deeper hole" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , June 10, 2002
orange ball "UK: Never Had It So Good?" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , May 20, 2002
orange ball "The War at Home: Gimme shelter" - by Greg Butterfield, Workers World , May 2, 2002
orange ball "Economy on the Rebound? Ask the Folks without Jobs" - by Jeff Mackler, Socialist Action , May 2002
orange ball "IMF says Japan’s economy is "serious concern'" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , April 24, 2002
orange ball "US Economy: Heading for a double-dip recession?" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , April 9, 2002
orange ball "They think it's all over - is it?" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , April 1, 2002
orange ball "Official figures show: Japan in worst postwar recession" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , March 18, 2002
orange ball "The World Economic Crisis: 1991-2001" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 14, 2002
orange ball "Thumbs down on latest Japanese economic package" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , March 7, 2002
orange ball "A Global Steel War?" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , April 1, 2002
orange ball "Is the world recession over?" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , February 24, 2002
orange ball "White House stonewalls Congressional probe into Enron links" - by Jerry Isaacs, World Socialist Web Site , February 4, 2002
orange ball "California’s economic downturn: history repeats itself" - by D.J. Leopoldo, World Socialist Web Site , February 4, 2002
orange ball "Revenue shortfalls lead to job losses and funding freezes in New Jersey" - by Jack Taylor, World Socialist Web Site , February 2, 2002
orange ball "Enron fall-out threatens Britain's Labour government" - by Julie Hyland, World Socialist Web Site , February 1, 2002
orange ball "The Enron collapse and the crisis of the profit system" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , January 29, 2002
orange ball "The strange and convenient death of J. Clifford Baxter—Enron executive found shot to death" - by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , January 28, 2002
orange ball "Enrongate" - by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , January 23, 2002
orange ball "Enrongate" - by Mick Brooks, In Defense of Marxism , January 22, 2002
orange ball "Enron and the Bush administration: kindred spirits in fraud and criminality" - by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , January 18, 2002
orange ball "Economic hardship afflicts Japanese working class" - by James Conachy, World Socialist Web Site , January 14, 2002
orange ball "The Decade of Deflation and Depression" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , January 14, 2002
orange ball " New York Times defends Bush on links to Enron corporate fraud" - by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , January 10, 2002
orange ball "Capitalist Plunder and the Worlds Economic Crisis" - by Jeff Mackler, Socialist Appeal , January 2002
orange ball "Holiday gift from US corporations—more job cuts and plant closures" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , December 21, 2001
orange ball "US companies shed 800,000 jobs in two months: Retail sales drop a record 3.7 percent" - by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , December 15, 2001
orange ball "Economic storm hits Argentina" - Socialist Worker , December 15, 2001
orange ball "Strikebreaking judges, defiant teachers: the real face of class relations in the US" - by Peter Daniels, World Socialist Web Site , December 14, 2001
orange ball "US Fed cuts again amid deflation fears" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 12, 2001
orange ball "7th wealthiest firm in world goes bankrupt: Enron-from free market hero to zero" - Socialist Worker , December 8, 2001
orange ball "US jobless rate hits six-year high" - by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , December 8, 2001
orange ball "Enron: The real face of the "new economy"" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 6, 2001
orange ball "How did we get into this mess?" - by Chris Harman, Socialist Worker , December 1, 2001
orange ball "US recession now official: "new economy" expansion one of weakest on record" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 28, 2001
orange ball "One in three jobless workers in US lack health insurance" - by Paul Scherrer, World Socialist Web Site , November 26, 2001
orange ball "Unemployment Counting the hidden cost" - by Charlie Kimber, Socialist Worker , November 24, 2001
orange ball "Stock markets rise but global growth forecasts revised down" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 23, 2001
orange ball "World sinks into slump" - by Alex Callinicos, Socialist Worker , November 10, 2001
orange ball "Concerns that US may be going down the Japan road" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 7, 2001
orange ball "Millions of unemployed finding US safety net in shreds" - by Joanne Laurier and Paul Scherrer, World Socialist Web Site , November 7, 2001
orange ball "US jobless rate highest in two decades" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , November 3, 2001
orange ball "Gordon's Dream" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , November 2001
orange ball "100,000 jobs could go by Christmas" - Socialist Worker , October 27, 2001
orange ball "US jobless claims approach nine-year high" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , October 20, 2001
orange ball "Deepest recession since 1991: Devastation on the jobs front" - by Charlie Kimber, Socialist Worker , October 20, 2001
orange ball "Global downturn could set off financial turbulence" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 19, 2001
orange ball "The Great Recession" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , October 19, 2001
orange ball "Fed cuts rates again with US recession "no longer in doubt"" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 3, 2001
orange ball "U.S. jobless claims soar" - by Shannon Jones, World Socialist Web Site , October 1, 2001
orange ball "Terror Bombing Sharpens Economic Crisis" - by Jeff Mackler, Socialist Appeal , October 2001
orange ball "Record one-day point fall on Wall Street" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 18, 2001
orange ball "Slowdown spreads to Services" - Socialist Worker , September 8, 2001
orange ball "Crisis at Core of the System" - by Chris Harman, Socialist Worker , September 1, 2001
orange ball "IMF points to danger of a "protracted global downturn"" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , September 6, 2001
orange ball "Stocks plunge amid fears of world slump" - by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , September 5, 2001
orange ball "Mounting layoffs fuel drop in US consumer confidence" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , September 1, 2001
orange ball "Minutes point to mounting problems for the US Fed" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 28, 2001
orange ball "US unemployment claims hit nine-year high" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , August 28, 2001
orange ball "IMF fears Japan's economic outlook is worsening" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , August 25, 2001
orange ball "It's Still Getting Worse" - by Michael Roberts, In Defense of Marxism , August 22, 2001
orange ball "Federal Reserve cuts rates but markets fall" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , August 22, 2001
orange ball "Ford to cut up to 5,000 white-collar jobs in North America" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , August 18, 2001
orange ball "Bigger the boom, greater the bust" - by William Keegan, The Observer , July 21, 2001
orange ball "Jobs destruction continues in US" - by Dave Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , July 21, 2001
orange ball "Greenspan points to further economic weakness" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , July 19, 2001
orange ball "We're Hurtling Into Recession: While Delegates and Protesters Face Up to Each Other at the G8 Summit in Genoa, the World Stands on the Brink of Economic Meltdown" - by Will Hutton, The Observer , July 15, 2001
orange ball "US job losses highest since ’91 recession" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , July 13, 2001
orange ball "Japan adopts restructuring plan amid signs of recession" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , July 3, 2001
orange ball "The Economy Reels!" - by Jeff Mackler, Socialist Appeal , July 2001
orange ball "Editorial: Vanishing Jobs" - Workers World , June 28, 2001
orange ball "Fed interest rate cut will not halt US downturn" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , June 28, 2001
orange ball "US industrial output falls for the eighth consecutive month" - by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , June 18, 2001
orange ball "Japan's economy contracts as Koizumi announces restructuring plans" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , June 12, 2001
orange ball "US suffers largest job loss since February 1991" - by Dave Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , May 5, 2001
orange ball "Group of Seven meeting calls a "ceasefire" but interest rate "war" not over" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , May 1, 2001
orange ball "Job cutting continues in the slumping US market" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , April 30, 2001
orange ball "IMF report points to global slowdown and potential disruption" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 28, 2001
orange ball "US-European economic tensions increase" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 25, 2001
orange ball "European Central Bank rate decision opens up a financial rift" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 18, 2001
orange ball "US unemployment rate rises in March as businesses slash nearly 8,000 jobs a day" - by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , April 7, 2001
orange ball "Layoffs rise, firms cut back: Markets yo-yo as jobs disappear" - by Fred Goldstein, Workers World , April 5, 2001
orange ball "Stock market fall: More than a business cycle downturn" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , April 4, 2001
orange ball "Job cuts continue as US economic growth slows to lowest rate in five years" - by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , March 31, 2001
orange ball "Global Capitalism in Crisis: Japan economy buckles as U.S. markets shrink" - by Dierdre Griswold, Workers World , March 27, 2001
orange ball ""New wave of pessimism" about US economy, as job cuts deepen" - by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , March 24, 2001
orange ball "China's optimistic economic plans undermined by looming global recession" - by James Conachy, World Socialist Web Site , March 23, 2001
orange ball "Editorial: Chained to Debt" - Workers World , March 22, 2001
orange ball "US, Japan interest rate cuts point to global problems" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 21, 2001
orange ball "US stock market slide: a turning point in American and world politics" - by Editorial Board, World Socialist Web Site , March 20, 2001
orange ball "World deflation - led by Japan" - by Michael Roberts, Socialist Appeal , March 19, 2001
orange ball "Stock markets take a "fundamental" hit" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 14, 2001
orange ball "Bush tax plan is grand theft: No proposal to stop mounting layoffs, hunger" - by Fred Goldstein, Workers World , March 8, 2001
orange ball "Turkey: Western investors trigger economic earthquake" - by Sean Healy, Green Left , March 7, 2001
orange ball "As devaluation slashes wages: Workers in Turkey fight economic catastrophe" - by Dierdre Griswold, Workers World , March 8, 2001
orange ball "Australian economy heads for recession" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 8, 2001
orange ball "World economy moving towards recession" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 6, 2001
orange ball "Capitalism's Casino: Americans Gambled on the Stock Market to Protect their Futures. They're Losing." - by Gary Younge, The Guardian , March 5, 2001
orange ball "Japan gets credit downgrade as recession tendencies grow" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , March 2, 2001
orange ball "Slowdown in US economy to continue, says Greenspan" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , March 1, 2001
orange ball "US Economy - The Bubble has Burst" - by Andy Kilmister, Socialist Appeal , March 2001
orange ball "Turkey: Currency dealers force lira plunge" - by Sean Healy, Green Left , February 28, 2001
orange ball "What's driving the wave of corporate mergers?" - by Eva Cheng, Green Left , February 28, 2001
orange ball "Corruption row sparks financial storm in Turkey" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 23, 2001
orange ball "Is the U.S. economy heading into recession?" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , February 22, 2001
orange ball "Economic bad news: Can nothing be done?" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , February 22, 2001
orange ball "Concerns grow behind G-7 official optimism" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 19, 2001
orange ball "Canadian big business rattled by deteriorating economic situation" - by Keith Jones, World Socialist Web Site , February 17, 2001
orange ball "Japanese economy continues to stagnate" - by Joe Lopez, World Socialist Web Site , February 16, 2001
orange ball "Testimony highlights Greenspan's erratic course" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 16, 2001
orange ball "Layoff surge: Who should pay for capitalism's economic crisis?" - by Fred Goldstein, Workers World , February 15, 2001
orange ball "Testimony highlights Greenspan's erratic course" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 14, 2001
orange ball "United States: Heading for a Recession?" - Eva Cheng, Green Left , February 14, 2001
orange ball "More than 275,000 layoffs in the US in the last two months" - by David Walsh, World Socialist Web Site , February 12, 2001
orange ball "Australian central bank cites US slowdown in interest rate cut" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 9, 2001
orange ball "Is the US economy on the Japanese road?" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , February 8, 2001
orange ball "Ericsson outsourcing deal threatens 11,000 jobs worldwide" - by Steve James, World Socialist Web Site , February 1, 2001
orange ball "US economy shows weakest growth in five years" - by Kate Randall, World Socialist Web Site , February 1, 2001
orange ball - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , January 30, 2001
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"US central bank chief boosts Bush tax cut for the wealthy" - by Patrick Martin, World Socialist Web Site , January 27, 2001
orange ball "DaimlerChrysler to cut thousands of US auto jobs" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , January 26, 2001
orange ball "As hunger spreads: Low-paid workers fuel union growth" - by Milt Neidenberg, Workers World , January 25, 2001
orange ball "Latin America: Trend toward dollarisation accelerates" - Sean Healy, Green Left , January 24, 2001
orange ball "Mounting layoffs in US point to onset of recession" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , January 20, 2001
orange ball "Surprise cut in US interest rates highlights alarm over sinking economy" - by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , January 20, 2001
orange ball "Bankers try to shift recession burden onto workers" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , January 18, 2001
orange ball "Mass layoffs hit US auto industry" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , January 16, 2001
orange ball "Surprise cut in US interest rates highlights alarm over sinking economy" - by Barry Grey, World Socialist Web Site , January 5, 2001
orange ball "2001 AD: From Boom, to Gloom, to Doom" - by Michael Roberts, Socialist Appeal , January 1, 2001
orange ball "The Stock Market Party's Over" - by Mark Wesibrot, Workers World , January 3, 2000
orange ball "US economy on the way to recession" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 30, 2000
orange ball "Scrooged Again: Big layoffs announced just before holidays" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , December 28, 2000
orange ball "Economic bad news: Can nothing be done?" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , December 21, 2000
orange ball "As Bush comes to Washington, US economy heads towards recession" - by Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , December 20, 2000
orange ball "Jobs threatened by downturn: 'New economy,' same old capitalism" - by Gary Wilson, Workers World , December 14, 2000
orange ball "Preparing for a recession" -- Editorial, Workers World , December 7, 2000
orange ball "Turkish banking crisis: another indication of global turbulence" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , December 6, 2000
orange ball "Growing signs of US economic downturn -- job cuts hit auto and technology sectors" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , December 2, 2000
orange ball "US trade deficit a sign of growing problems" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 29, 2000
orange ball "DaimlerChrysler to cut thousands of jobs in North America" - by Larry Roberts and Jerry White, World Socialist Web Site , November 28, 2000
orange ball "Election turbulence adds to US economic worries" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , November 16, 2000
orange ball "On eve of US elections: auto plants idled and layoffs swell" - by James Conachy, World Socialist Web Site , November 6, 2000
orange ball "Layoffs mount as US economic slowdown continues" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , November 1, 2000
orange ball "Sharp slowdown in US growth rate" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 31, 2000
orange ball "Euro resumes its downward slide" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 19, 2000
orange ball "The class struggle and the economic cycle (Once again on the World Economy)" - by Alan Woods and Ted Grant, Socialist Appeal , October 18, 2000
orange ball "From bulls to bears" - by Michael Roberts, Socialist Appeal , October 16, 2000
orange ball "Debt-fueled US economy set up for a fall" - by Nick Beams, World Socialist Web Site , October 5, 2000
orange ball "Thousands of jobs cut amid signs of US economic slowdown" - by Larry Roberts, World Socialist Web Site , October 3, 2000
orange ball "Unpopular Capitalism" - by Rob Sewell, Socialist Appeal , October 2000
orange ball "Marx was right: it's offici