Socialist Standard Past & Present

  From the November 2025 issue of the  Socialist  Standard If the scientists are right, humanity is facing a climate emergency. There has be...

Letter to the Editors from the October 1964 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Full employment, slumps and other questions Dear Sir. An artic...

From the October 1956 issue of the Socialist Standard “At a time when this country has to contend with conditions flowing from the credit s...

The Letter From Europe Column from the August 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard It had to happen sooner or later. The attempt by Mitterr...

From the January 1946 issue of the Socialist Standard Is full employment for the working class possible? What exactly does it mean? By whom...

From the November 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard The German philosopher. Hegel, said that the only lesson of history is "that pe...

Editorial from the March 1956 issue of the Socialist Standard Although the periodical crises under post-war Labour Government rather took t...

From the September 1990 issue of the Socialist Standard Defenders of the capitalist class, noticeably those from the Institute of Economic ...

From the September 1972 issue of the Socialist Standard One of the many pipe-dreams of capitalist politicians and economists is to be able ...

The Cooking the Books column from the September 2008 issue of the Socialist Standard Is it a depression or just a recession? According to t...

From the August 1958 issue of the Socialist Standard It is a long time since the last great trade depression. Younger people will have litt...