Why, despite unceasing technical advance, do most people live in growing poverty, and why has the inequality between nations increased apparently without limit throughout the history of the world market? Thes two deeply-related (though distinct) problem reduce to the following: how is it that...

Michael Heinrich’s recent Monthly Review article claims that the law of the tendential fall in the rate of profit (LTFRP) was not proved by Marx and cannot be proved. Heinrich also argues that Marx had doubts about the law and that, for this and other reasons, his theory of capitalist economic...

This paper is about human rights in Bangladesh and stresses on the period of 2009 to 2012. Bangladesh is a Parliamentary Democratic and densely populated country in the South Asia. Human rights are parts and parcel in a democratic country. In a country if human rights are violated then the...

This paper was presented at a special conference of the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE, publishers of Capital and Class) in 1987, on the topic of Quantitative Marxism. This eventually gave rise to an edited collection (Dunne 1992) in which this paper was developed (Freeman 1992) into a...

This paper discusses mathematical calculations of the greenhouse gas emissions from small industries which cause the global warming in the atmosphere. Due to global warming the ocean levels are increasing, it is estimated that most of the coastal areas of the world will be submerged by 2050, and...

This is a pre-publication version of London’s Creative Sector: 2007 Update, published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2007 and located, at the time of this report, at http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/wp_22_creative.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman, A. (2007)....

This is a prepublication version of the article by the same name in the Journal of Australian Political Economy. It should be cited as “Freeman, A. 2012 'The Profit Rate in the Presence of Financial Markets: a Necessary Correction'. Journal of Australian Political Economy, Number 70, Summer...

This paper is a mirror of the same paper published by SSRN, lodged with MPRA for completeness and for the historical record. It should be cited as: 'Freeman, Alan, Is Creation an Industry? A Constructive Critique of the Economics of the Cultural and Creative Industries (June 3, 2012). Available...

This is a prepublication version of the paper published in Review of Political Economy Volume 26, 2010 (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0161-7230&volume=26). It should be cited as Freeman, A. (2010). ‘Crisis and “law of motion” in economics: a critique of positivist...

This paper describes aspects of the majority judgment in an election. The majority judgment is a method of election which is a new theory in social choice where voters judge candidates instead of ranking them. The paper emphasize on the works of Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki majority judgment...