Author: John Weeks

John Weeks is an economist and Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London. He maintains a blog at jweeks.org.

Neoliberalism and the Decline of Democracy

John Weeks In one of his last books Eric Hobsbawm argued that the conflict between capitalism and communism determined the course of the twentieth century (thus the title, The Age of … Keep reading »

Economy, Social Movements • March 27, 2014 • John Weeks
Occupy Wall Street: Why Bother the Bankers?

“Blood-suckers of Wall Street” When he ran for president in 1948, Harry Truman complained of the “blood-suckers of Wall Street,” an unkind characterization of the upstanding bankers and financiers who manage … Keep reading »

Social Movements • October 7, 2011 • John Weeks
The Size Of The U.S. Public Debt

Are The Rating Agencies Fools or Knaves? It is quite possible that you believe that the U.S. public debt is quite large. You may even think that it is dangerously large, … Keep reading »

Economy • August 17, 2011 • John Weeks