Michael Roberts is an economist who worked in various financial institutions in the City of London for over 40 years. He is the author of several books: The Great Recession - a Marxist view (Lulu 2009); The Long Depression (Haymarket 2016); co ed with G Carchedi, World in Crisis (Haymarket 2018); Marx 200 (Lulu 2018); Engels 200 (Lulu 2020) and co-author with G Carchedi, Capitalism in the 21st century (Pluto 2022). He has been visiting lecturer at various universities in the UK, Canada, Mexico and Brazil and presents and writes papers for various international conferences and journals. He regularly blogs at: thenextrecession.wordpress.com