January 1, 2009
This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the 1929 Stock Market Crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in the history of capitalism. However, while… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
The historic testimony by former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan before the House Committee of Government Oversight and Reform on October 23, 2008, represented such a startling turnaround for… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review and professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Naked Imperialism (Monthly Review Press, 2006), among numerous… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
As far as scenic ruins go, the Pittsburgh metropolitan area sets a high standard. The natural beauty of the Monongahela Valley and the built legacy of deindustrialization make gorgeous scenery… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
Found: the proper distance�Handprints the wind wiped away�Small cone piles where a bird claw raked the tension loose�Like crumbs � From a swath of sand, preimagined�History’s sputter, or granules of… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
Immanuel Wallerstein is senior research scholar at Yale University. He is the author, most recently, of European Universalism: The Rhetoric of Power (The New Press, 2006). � �Amiya Kumar Bagchi,… READ MORE
December 1, 2008
Carlos J. Castro teaches sociology at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. � Michael Perelman, Railroading Economics: The Creation of the Free Market Mythology (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2006), 238… READ MORE
November 1, 2008
In the Notes from the Editors for the September issue of Monthly Review (written in late July) we asked why, with the United States bailing out the financial sector of… READ MORE
November 1, 2008
Jason W. Moore (jasonwsmoore [at] gmail.com) teaches world history in the Division of Human Ecology, Lund University, and Department of Geography, University of North Carolina. This essay is adapted from… READ MORE
October 1, 2008
The United States in the opening decade of the twenty-first century is dominated by a new imperial project that is affecting all aspects of its society. The most obvious manifestation… READ MORE
