Marxist economist addresses Communist University 2020 on the state of the capitalist economy before and after the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic: will the capitalist economy recover quickly, will it return to ‘normal’? If not, what will be different if and when the pandemic ends? What are the unresolved contradictions ahead? Michael Roberts blogs at https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/

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