One of the most common phrases to be heard from those on “the left” is the assertion that someone or some public policy is or is not on “the right side of history.” It has almost become a mantra by ...

Paul Mattick, Business As Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. David McNally, Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance.

The economic theories of both Karl Marx and Arthur Laffer are largely considered incorrect by mainstream economists. Laffer's theory, known as the Laffer Curve, incorrectly predicted that tax cuts ...

Until comparatively recently, with the slight exception perhaps of certain pockets within the academy, it was a general tendency among educated people as well, even those of radical temper, to put ...