March 12, 2020
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THE “GETTING IT DONE” BUDGET SOON TO BE UNDONE
12 March 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom What left reformists and right populists have in common, their only commonality, is their profound failure to understand capitalist political economy. The Chancellor’s “Blue Sky” budget based on a “Strong and Resilient economy” facing a “temporary medical emergency” is an exercise in delusion. By the Autumn statement it will be Continue reading
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Letter From the Great Wound: The Eleventh Newsletter (2020)
12 March 2020 — Tricontinental Mohammed Issiakhem, Femme et Mur (Woman and Wall), 1970. Dear Friends, Greetings from the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. These are miserable times. The statistics of deprivation and death are gruesome. Far too many people struggle with hunger; roughly nine million of them dying each year from complications due to malnutrition (a child Continue reading
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After years of cuts – this is all it will take to completely overwhelm the NHS
On the last quarter of last year, nearly 90,000 full-time jobs for NHS were advertised. Hospital beds are now half what they were 30 years ago. The government is stating it will give to the NHS ‘whatever it takes’ to cope with the impending virus and yet even the very lowest of expected numbers mean… Continue reading
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Capitalist agriculture and Covid-19: A deadly combination
A socialist biologist explains the tight links between new viruses, industrial food production, and the profitability of multinational corporations. Continue reading
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“It’s Getting ‘The Ugly’” – What Can We Really Do About Covid-19?
IT’S GETTING “THE UGLY” A few weeks ago we published a special report on Covid-19 which projected four scenarios for the virus’s economic and market impact: “The Bad”, “The Worse”, “The Ugly”, and “The Unthinkable”. Continue reading
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How black swans are shaping planet panic
Is the planet under the spell of a pair of black swans – a Wall Street meltdown, caused by an alleged oil war between Russia and the House of Saud, plus the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 – leading to an all-out “cross-asset pandemonium” as billed by Nomura? Continue reading
The New Dark Age 