July 1, 2013
The present-day world can only be described to present-day people if it is described as capable of transformation. —Bertolt Brecht1 The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism: An Elaboration of Marxian Political… READ MORE
June 1, 2013
Doug Henwood hosts a radio show on KPFA (Berkeley, California) and is the editor of Left Business Observer. Liza Featherstone is a columnist for amNY and has recently written on… READ MORE
May 1, 2013
Millions of people throughout the world mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on March 5, 2013. Monthly Review responded at the time with numerous pieces posted on MRzine…. READ MORE
May 1, 2013
Zhun Xu (zhun [at] ruc.edu.cn) is an assistant professor at Renmin University of China in Beijing. His research interests include political economy, social development, and economic history. Decollectivization of China’s… READ MORE
May 1, 2013
Henry A. Giroux is a social critic and educator, and the author of many books. He currently holds the Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster… READ MORE
April 1, 2013
One of the achievements of Roosevelt’s New Deal administration during the Great Depression was the introduction in 1938 of the federal minimum wage, then set at twenty-five cents an hour…. READ MORE
April 1, 2013
A historical perspective on the economic stagnation afflicting the United States and the other advanced capitalist economies requires that we go back to the severe downturn of 1974–1975, which marked… READ MORE
April 1, 2013
Michael Heinrich teaches economics in Berlin and is the author of An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital (Monthly Review Press, 2012) and The Science of Value:… READ MORE
March 1, 2013
The history of capitalism is replete with cases of successful captains of industry who, suddenly concerned with their place in history, decide to write a book celebrating their achievements, while… READ MORE
March 1, 2013
Fred Magdoff is professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont. John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and professor of sociology at University of… READ MORE
