Michael Roberts blog

The sharp rise in energy prices, whether at the gas stations or in home heating and industry, is already starting to feed through to US prices overall. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/ira…

250 years since the Wealth of Nations thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/ada…

So the war in Iran is not going well for Donald Trump.  His ‘war of choice’ (ie unbridled aggression) has become a Hobson’s choice. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/tru…

China's top legislative body has agreed to the 15th National Plan to take the Chinese economy up to end of this decade. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/chi…

Today, Britain’s Labour Chancellor (finance minister) Rachel Reeves presented her Spring Statement on government spending plans for the next few years. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/uk-…

Two things need to happen before oil prices shoot up to $100/b or above.  thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/ira…

A report published last weekend by the obscure financial analyst group, Citrini Research, on the future impact of AI apparently caused a stock market sell-off in software companies. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/cit…

Today marks the end of the fourth year of the Ukraine-Russia war. thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/ukr…