The Ecological State
February 1, 2021
Erald Kolasi received his PhD in physics from George Mason University in 2016. The central problem of economics is scarcity, or at least that is how the story is told…. READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Manipulations of Freedom: The Dirty Fight for Prop 22 and the Gig Economy
February 1, 2021
Sumona Gupta is a student and organizer based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. An air of uncertainty hung above the United States on November 3, 2020—no one knew how the presidential election… READ MORE
Preface to the Persian Edition of The Ecological Revolution
February 1, 2021
This is the preface to the Persian-language edition of The Ecological Revolution, translated by Mohsen Saffari and forthcoming this year from Cheshmeh Publication in Iran. The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace… READ MORE
On Creative Destruction, Myths, and Revolution
February 1, 2021
David B. Feldman is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on capitalist globalization and migrant labor. Mark Jay and Philip Conklin,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, January 2021
January 1, 2021
We are extremely pleased to announce that John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review, has won the prestigious Deutscher Memorial Prize for 2020 for his The Return of Nature: Socialism… READ MORE
The Contagion of Capital: Financialized Capitalism, COVID-19, and the Great Divide
January 1, 2021
John Bellamy Foster is the editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. R. Jamil Jonna is associate editor for communications and production at… READ MORE
Disability and Welfare under Monopoly Capitalism
January 1, 2021
David Matthews is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Coleg Llandrillo, Wales, and the leader of its degree program in health and social care. Beyond the COVID pandemic,… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, December 2020
December 1, 2020
The United States is now in a New Cold War with Russia and China, with the focus increasingly on the latter. Where Russia itself is concerned, the onset of the… READ MORE
The Elephant in the Room: Left Parties and the European Union
December 1, 2020
Asbjørn Wahl is a trade union advisor, writer, and activist. Until recently, he served as president of the Urban Transport Committee of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and leader… READ MORE
Paul Baran’s Economic Surplus Concept, the Baran Ratio, and the Decline of Feudalism
December 1, 2020
Thomas E. Lambert is an applied economist with the College of Business at the University of Louisville, where he has mostly taught economics and business statistics. His work has appeared… READ MORE