An article for Freedom written when the global financial crisis occurred in 2008.
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Would cutting wages reduce unemployment?
A discussion of why cutting wages will not reduce unemployment based on parts of section C of An Anarchist FAQ. Written in the early days of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 in the expectation that there would be calls to cut wages and benefits of the many to “solve” a crisis caused by the few.
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Hypocrisy, elitism and communism
An analysis of the attacks on French public sector strikes in 2007. The irony of supporters of capitalism urging a levelling down, at least for workers.
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Nicolas Sarkozy: A mandate for class war
When change means more of the same. On Sarkozy’s election and claims that his is a French Thatcher. Appeared in Black Flag No. 226 (2007)
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Mind the Gap!
A discussion of the state of the economy from 2017. Discusses the gap between mainstream economic theory and reality, the gap in income and wealth between the working and capitalist classes, and the gap between the proposed solutions and what is really needed.
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