Reeves, Marx and Mosbacher. Cooking The Books – July 2025

Reeves, Marx and Mosbacher. Cooking The Books – July 2025

The Spending Revue:

Governments can’t control the way that the capitalist economy works. They can, however, decide how they are going to spend the money that they have or plan to have. This is the annual budget. From time to time, in Britain, the government takes a longer view and sets out their spending plans over a period of three or four years.

Did Marx respect the rich?:

‘Even Marx respected the rich more than Reeves’ was the headline of an article by Sunday Telegraph columnist Michael Mosbacher (18 May). He accused Reeves of putting up taxes on the rich because she believes it immoral to be too rich. And quoted Marx as having written in the Communist Manifesto of 1848 that ‘the bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together’.

Taken from the July 2025 edition of The Socialist Standard.

World Socialist Radio is the official podcast of The Socialist Party of Great Britain. We have one single aim: the establishment of a society in which all productive resources – land, water, factories, transport, etc. – are taken into common ownership, and in which the sole motive for production is the fulfilment of human needs and wants.

To read more news, views, and analysis please visit: worldsocialism.org/spgb

or, for a free three-issue subscription to The Socialist Standard: spgb.net/podcast

Featuring music: 'Pushing P (Instrumental)' by Tiga Maine x Deejay Boe. Source: Free Music Archive, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(51)

Season Two Trailer - Helicopters over Helvellyn

Season Two Trailer - Helicopters over Helvellyn

World Socialist Radio will return in autumn 2026 with a new series of live discussions with new releases every two weeks.In the meantime, we present a discussion of the article "Helicopters over Helve...

22 Juli 32min

The Fabian Society Again. Why Reformism Still Falls Short.

The Fabian Society Again. Why Reformism Still Falls Short.

Recent online claims portraying the Fabian Society as a secretive conspiracy are greatly exaggerated. These accusations gained traction after a judge connected to the society ruled against the UK gove...

15 Juni 9min

Dark Paths. How AI, Profit and Power Are Shaping an Uncertain Future.

Dark Paths. How AI, Profit and Power Are Shaping an Uncertain Future.

The episode argues that recent developments in artificial intelligence reveal how autonomous AI systems can behave in unexpected and potentially dangerous ways. Using examples such as AI agents tasked...

8 Juni 10min

The Architecture of Autistic Order. The Contradictions of Capitalism and the Appeal of Socialism.

The Architecture of Autistic Order. The Contradictions of Capitalism and the Appeal of Socialism.

In this episode, written by Pablo Wilcox, it is argued that Autistic thinking seeks universal principles and coherent systems, contrasting sharply with the contradictions and unwritten social hierarch...

1 Juni 5min

Decline and Fall. High-Street Closures and Community Life.

Decline and Fall. High-Street Closures and Community Life.

Reflections on the visible decline of a once-thriving city-centre shopping street, where many traditional businesses have closed and been replaced by charity shops, betting offices, convenience stores...

18 Maj 8min

Nine Days That Didn't Shake The World. The 1926 British General Strike.

Nine Days That Didn't Shake The World. The 1926 British General Strike.

Reflections on the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike. Millions of workers joined the strike in solidarity with coal miners facing wage cuts and worsening conditions, but despite its enormou...

11 Maj 10min

Moon Madness. Space Exploration and Capitalist Motives.

Moon Madness. Space Exploration and Capitalist Motives.

The original moon race captured imaginations because it seemed to represent a dramatic leap into the future, even though it was fundamentally driven by Cold War rivalry between the United States and t...

4 Maj 8min

David and Goliath. Competition and "Enshitification"

David and Goliath. Competition and "Enshitification"

In modern capitalism, so-called “Davids” (like startups) often win by using strategies backed by huge financial power, such as venture capital. Companies deliberately sell at a loss to undercut compet...

27 Apr 9min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
p3-krim
fordomspodden
rss-krimstad
flashback-forever
aftonbladet-daily
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-sanning-konsekvens
politiken
svd-ledarredaktionen
rss-krimreportrarna
rss-flodet
en-runda-till
motiv
rss-frandfors-horna
kungligt
omni-podd
rss-klubbland-en-podd-mest-om-frolunda
spar