Once more, the world economy is dangling on the edge of a precipice. The crisis in Greece has again hit the headlines and threatens to drag Europe down with it. The days when capitalism could simply sail by without a care in the world have gone forever. As in the interwar period, the crisis of capitalism remains deep-seated and protracted.

In the second part of his article on the “organic crisis of capitalism”, originally published in the In Defence of Marxism magazine, Rob Sewell examines how capitalism has become an enormous barrier to the development of the productive forces, offering nothing but “secular stagnation” and permanent austerity.

In this recent article from the In Defence of Marxism magazine, Rob Sewell – editor of Socialist Appeal – looks at the current economic crisis, outlines the global economic perspectives, and explains what is meant when Marxists define this as an “organic crisis of capitalism”.