Michael RobertsThe Long Depression
Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism
The long depression of the early 21st century -
how it happened, why it happened and what happens next
Introduction: Getting depressed
Chapter 1: The Long Depression of the late 19th century
Chapter 2: The Great Depression of the mid-20th century
Chapter 3: The Great Recession of the 21st century
Chapter 4: The cycle of profit
Chapter 5: Debt matters
Chapter 6: From slump to depression
Chapter 7: America crawls
Chapter 8: Europe deflates
Chapter 9: Japan stagnates
Chapter 11: The rest cannot escape
Chapter 11: Cycles within cycles
Chapter 12: Past its use-by date?
Appendix 1: How to measure the rate of profit
Appendix 2: The failure of Keynesianism
Sources and methodology for the figures
References
Index
