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  • Economics and the law of the hammer

    Economics and the law of the hammer

    Originally published: Real-World Economics Review Blog on August 2, 2022 by Lars Syll (more by Real-World Economics Review Blog) (Posted Aug 09, 2022)

    As yours truly has reported repeatedly during the last couple of years, university students all over the world are increasingly beginning to question if the kind of economics they are taught–mainstream economics–really is of any value. Some have even started to question if economics is a science.

  • Jobsanger: CEOs Get Huge Raises While Workers Suffer

    Inflation, wages, and profits

    Originally published: Real-World Economics Review Blog on June 7, 2022 (more by Real-World Economics Review Blog)

    Inflation continues to run hot—and now, finally, the debate about inflation is heating up.

  • Where has all the surplus gone?

    Originally published: Real-World Economics Review Blog on November 15, 2017 (more by Real-World Economics Review Blog)

    Thanks to the release of the so-called Paradise Papers, and the additional research conducted by Gabriel Zucman, Thomas Tørsløv, and Ludvig Wier, we know that a large share of the surplus captured by corporations is artificially shifted to tax havens all over the world.

  • Economy rains down Rose Parade (photo: capoliticalreview.com)

    Promises, promises

    Originally published: Real-World Economics Review Blog on October 6, 2017 by David Ruccio (more by Real-World Economics Review Blog)

    They keep promising, ever since the recovery from the Great Recession started more than eight years ago, that workers’ wages will finally begin to increase. But they’re not.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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