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Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 2, 2016

US GDP and The Rate of Profit

A lot of heat and column inches has been generated, particularly in recent years over the question of the rate of profit. I have pointed out in the past that a lot of the debate has been rather pointless, because the data that was being used for the various claims was itself…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 21, 2016

The Danger of Brexit

If the current opinion polls are to be believed, the likely outcome of the EU Referendum is that Britain will leave the EU. It will lead to a carnival of reaction.

According to most of the polls, opinion is split more or less evenly between leave and remain. In some…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 20, 2016

Banks, Steel and the EU — Steel

In the early 1980’s, I wrote a series of theoretical documents that appeared in the Internal Bulletins of the WSL — Imperialism, Industrialisation, Trade and Sub-Imperialism, Imperialism and the New International Division of Labour, Imperialism and War. One of the central…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 26, 2016

The failure of high street retailer, British Home Stores (BHS), after nearly a century of trading, is a microcosm of the British economy, and the issues I have been discussing in relation to it over the last decade, and more.

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 5, 2016

Banks, Steel and The EU — The Banks

The threat to the steelworks at Port Talbot, and the rest of steel production in Britain, synthesises a range of ideas and issues I have written about over the last few years. The attitude of the Conservative government, when it comes to supporting industry, rather…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 28, 2016

Brexit and The Looming Sterling Crisis

The latest opinion polls continue to show that the Leave and Remain camps are neck and neck in the EU Referendum. But, as described recently, that means that the chances are that the actual vote will be to leave, by a sizeable majority, because history shows…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 19, 2016

Unholy Alliances

Jeremy Corbyn has adopted a principled position in relation to the EU referendum, and it is causing his opponents considerable problems. The way they are dealing with those problems is to justify their positions by forming a series of unholy alliances, and by an even more disgraceful…

Boffy in Times A Wastin

Apr 18, 2016

How QE Killed Your Pension

I recently wrote about how the idea that rising house prices made people wealthier was baloney. But, a similar idea is put forward that the cause of black holes in pension funds has been the various crashes in stock markets over the last twenty years. It is equally baloney.

June 2016

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Is a new publication Edited by Arthur Bough. It aims to provide an insight on current events from a Marxist perspective. The name comes from the title of a Northern Soul favourite of the editor from the early 1970’s, by The Fuller Brothers, and sums up the fact of much to do.

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US GDP and The Rate of Profit

The Danger of Brexit

Banks, Steel and the EU — Steel

BHS As Microcosm

Banks, Steel and The EU — The Banks

Brexit and The Looming Sterling Crisis

Unholy Alliances

How QE Killed Your Pension