Marxist economics
Accumulation of wealth at one pole is, therefore, at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole
- Karl Marx
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Greens gain momentum – but can Polanski’s programme deliver for workers?
Green leader Zack Polanski recently gave a speech fleshing out his party’s economic programme, and how they plan to implement it. But taxing the rich and borrowing from capitalist creditors cannot solve the crisis of the system.
Broken Britain: The water industry mafia are ripping us off
In this week’s edition of ‘Broken Britain’, readers of The Communist expose the parasites running water companies into the ground, the shoddy state of the UK’s transport infrastructure, and the impacts of the oil crisis on rural residents.
From Adam Smith to Karl Marx: The Wealth of Nations and Das Kapital
This month marks the 250th anniversary of ‘The Wealth of Nations’ – the seminal work by bourgeois economist Adam Smith. Despite the denials of today’s liberals and free-marketeers, Smith’s theories paved the way for the revolutionary ideas of Marxism.