In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
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What is ‘financialisation’?
Financial capital used to take a back seat to manufacturing. Today the rich get rich by selling credit and debt, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
A trader at the New York Stock Exchange
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Burnham’s billions for defence while councils and local services struggle will not deliver the change that Britain’s working-class communities need, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
Millions of elms were wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, transforming the landscape forever – yet pockets of hope are keeping this beloved tree alive. MARK SEDDON explains
CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at the facts behind US persecution of Fergie Chambers
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
FINANCIALISATION is the process whereby global financial institutions increasingly dominate our planet — the economy, society, the environment and our daily lives.
Financialisation is a shift in the composition of capital and in the way that capitalists accumulate wealth.
Following Britain’s industrial revolution in the late 18th century the principal source of profit — and the driver of capitalism — became the mass production and sale of goods — physical commodities.
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