Growth in the G7 ‘Great Stagnation’ will be slower than in the Great Depression

27th July 2017 Socialist Action 0

The following article by John Ross, examining the current slow growth of the G7 economies, was previously published on Learning from China.

The Western G7 economies are in, and will remain locked in, very slow growth. How slow this growth is can be seen starkly by taking an historical comparison: the average growth in the Western economies in the entire period since the international financial crisis in 2008 will actually be slower than in the Great Depression after 1929!

Tories in trouble on Brexit

26th July 2017 Socialist Action 0

By Ian Richardson

The open warfare in the Tory Party with leaks from the Cabinet discussions and Ministers briefing against each other may be suspended temporarily during the summer holidays. But the Tories are in disarray on the decisive issue of Brexit, and their crisis is likely to deepen and hostilities resume ahead of the party conferences.