The Long Depression

Download or read book The Long Depression written by Michael Roberts and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting out from an unapologetic Marxist perspective, The Long Depression argues that the global economy remains in the throes of a depression. Making the case that the profitability of capital is too low, and the debt built up before the Great Recession too high, leading radical economist Michael Roberts persuasively presents his case that this depression will persist until the profitability of capital is restored through yet another slump.