Reading session Monday 25 May

Posted on May 7, 2009 by macjanet

The next session is 7pm Monday 25 May.

We will continue with these readings from April.

LAPAVITSAS, Costas

The debacle of financialised capitalism (Jan 09)

A new sort of financial crisis (April 08

MOSLEY, Fred

The bondholders and the taxpayers (Jan 09)

Long trends of profit (March 08)

PANITCH, Leo

The chain broke at its weakest link (Jan 09)

The crisis depends on the fightback (April 08

PETRAS, James

World Depression: Regional Wars and the Decline of the US Empire, Part I (March 09)
and Part 2 (April 09)

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