Economic crisis

People queueing outside a Northern Rock branch in the United Kingdom to withdraw their savings during the financial crisis
Teach Yourself Marxism

What are the causes of economic crises?

The contradictions of capitalism
11 October 2025
Donald Trump in New Hampshire, but he won't solve the crisis
Trump 2.0

Economic crisis, the Democrats and US election

The Democrats can't point to capitalism as the enemy
06 November 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Labour's 'securonomics' orchestrator Endgame
Reviews & Culture

Endgame—a compelling economic analysis

Mainstream economics lacks an analysis of crisis
29 September 2024
Comment

Why are stock markets in turmoil?

Global capitalism remains trapped in a world of relatively low investment
05 August 2024
Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif making statements to the press
International

Pakistan’s economic crisis feeds food shortages and political tensions

Protests in Pakistan erupt over soaring food and electricity prices
16 May 2024
Alex Callinicos

Could AI fad signal another major crash?

Tech bosses are making mega profits
27 February 2024
Milei rich economics capitalism
Alex Callinicos

The rich applaud figures like Javier Milei

They like his ideas
23 January 2024
News

Banks and states plunder half a trillion dollars from Global South

Debt flows from legacy of colonialism
19 December 2023
In Depth

150 years since capitalism’s first great crash

Economic disaster struck
08 September 2023
News

Reject bad pay deals after new inflation figures

Reject below inflation deals
21 June 2023
Civil servants in the PCS union on strike in London
Alex Callinicos

Neoliberal response to inflation still fails

Strikes respond to, not cause inflation
20 June 2023
NEU union members on strike earlier in May
News

New strike figures show workers are fighting back

Workers struck 556,000 days in March alone
18 May 2023
News

Threat of more bank collapses shows financial crisis runs deep

More bank failures are on the horizon
04 May 2023
A modern building with a Silicon Valley Bank sign across the top, in front of a deep blue summer sky
Long Reads

Financial markets: there’s trouble ahead, the rich should pay the bill

Crisis is deeper than banking
26 April 2023
News

Money for rich and war, scraps for poor in budget

Another budget for the super rich
21 March 2023
Alex Callinicos

No easy way out from banking crisis

Central banks are running out of options
20 March 2023
International

Strikes hit Sri Lanka against new austerity drive

Some workers defied a government strike ban
01 March 2023
Boris Johnson and prime minister Rishi Sunak clash.
The SW View

Tories—more crisis, more weakness

Further divisions hit weak Tory party
21 February 2023
International

Pakistan’s economy on the verge of collapse as inflation soars

The poorest will pay for this crisis
02 February 2023
World Economic Forum meeting
Alex Callinicos

Elites gather as need for radical change grows

Workers face economic crisis as rich meet
24 January 2023
Tories economy economics strikes
The SW View

Bosses tanked economy—don’t let them blame us 

Crisis was made by those in power
03 January 2023
News

Hunt’s budget promises class war, so let’s strike out the Tories

New era of austerity
17 November 2022
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt sit at a table in Downing Street the week before the autumn statement
Background Check

Autumn statement: why should we pay when we can take money off the rich?

Taxes on the rich can raise far more
13 November 2022
A graph showing the percentage of debt to GDP
In Depth

Does the amount of debt matter to the economy? 

What is the role of debt?
08 November 2022