Elon Musk’s staggering wealth raises pressing questions about the state of democracy and economic inequality, about how concentrated power undermines democratic ideals, revealing a troubling reality where wealth dictates politics.
Elon Musk
Trump tariffs and US Imperialism
The standard Left argument is that Trump’s tariffs represent capital’s warfare against the working class in response to the crisis of global capitalism.
A fractured world: reflections on power, polarity and polycrisis
Nick Buxton speaks to Adam Tooze, and Walden Bello, to examine where geopolitical or geoeconomic power lies today, how it is being exercised and how that might be changing.
ACR Statement: Trump’s second term – now is the time for a global fightback
A second Trump presidency will be as chaotic and vile as the first. Only now his key intellectual backers will be much clearer on what they want to get out of it.
Technological unemployment is here to stay
The debate about whether or not robots are stealing human jobs is a perennial one.
Musk’s Twitter move: VANITY OR GAME-CHANGER?
MANY SUPER-RICH PEOPLE, including the richest, Elon Musk, became even richer during the pandemic, as governments printed even more money than usual. In between overseeing his various companies, Musk is fond of playing the stock and cryptocurrency markets. His critics...






