Banks

Banks

• A Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger spells trouble

  

  The proposed merger of German banks is a disaster waiting to happen and exposes the weaknesses at the heart of European capitalism, argues Chris Bambery

• Bank of England told to return Venezuela's gold

  

  Over a hundred protesters rallied outside the Bank of England to demand it returns Venezuela's gold, reports Shabbir Lakha

• Better to overthrow the system than try to outsmart it: review of ITV's Cleaning Up

  

  What’s not to like about humble cleaners taking advantage of massive corporations and making money from insider trading in Sheridan Smith’s latest series Cleaning Up on ITV?

• Interest rates, wages and the UK economy

  

  As he analyses the state of the economy, Michael Roberts finds that the capitalist sector of the British economy has failed to deliver for the needs of the people

• What does this week's stock market crash mean?

  

  As the stock market plunged this week and fears of a 2007 repeat spread like wildfire, Michael Roberts analyses what the crash could mean

• The state, capital and predictions for the global economy

  

  Amidst the festive season Chris Bambery asks what 2017 holds in terms of what affects us most directly: jobs, housing, income - in other words the economy

• Royal Bank of Scotland: socialism for the rich

  

  The final reckoning of the 2007/8 crash will be played out in the realm of politics not economics, argues Chris Bambery  

• Deutsche Bank crisis: too big to fail?

  

  Chris Bambery looks at the Deutsche Bank crisis in Germany, and speculates about the consequences for the European and global economies

• Things you need to know about the British economy

  

  Tony Norfield’s The City explains British finance capital and its global role, and also has important political implications, argues Chris Nineham

• Stock markets plunge: there may be trouble ahead

  

  As stock markets tumble again, the recovery Osborne was boasting about rests on shaky foundations

• Hollywood takes on the bankers? Review of The Big Short

  

  Mckay's film exposes the greed at the core of the system, but fails to tell the story of those most affected by the crisis

• Who are the real spongers?

  Graphic showing the vast scale of the Bank bailouts compared to estimates of benefit fraud for the last ten years