Michael Roberts - WAPE 2025: Geopolitics, Economic Models and Multi-Polarity - Brave New Europe

Michael Roberts - WAPE 2025: geopolitics, economic models and multi-polarity - Brave New Europe

A recent Marxist economics conference explored a wide range of topics, including the UN, declining American hegemony, global inequality, Greece, and the rate of profit Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Picture by Ben Sutherland Last weekend the 18th Congress of the World Association of Political Economy (WAPE) took place in Istanbul, Turkey..  WAPE is a Chinese-r…

Michael Roberts' Report on Marxist World Political Economy

This is a five-page summary of the World Association of Political Economy based on China. There was a discussion of capitalist cycles of accumulation and growth under capitalism among other papers. At the conclusion Michael says he is skeptical that BRiCS is in any way the answer for socialism in the near future. The economies are too different and they all have class struggles within each country. Read Michael Roberts The post Michael Roberts’…