Michael Hudson

[unable to retrieve full-text content]US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center 
The Wall Street Journal ran a revealing op-ed today (June 14, 2024) by Paul D. Ryan, “Crypto Could Stave off a U.S. Debt Crisis.”

Mr. Ryan, libertarian Republican House Speaker 2015-2019 and now at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, writes that: “Stablecoins backed by dollars provide demand for U.S. Continue Reading The post Kleptocracy is Us first...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new monthly column for German newspaper Zeiss. Ever since World War II, U.S. trade strategists have based their international policy on control of two key commodities: oil and grain. Economically, they have been the mainstay of the U.S. balance of payments, the leading categories of export surplus (along with weapons), especially as the U.S. Continue Reading The post Agricultural Imperialism in the EU first appeared on Michael Hudson.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Fighting Russia & China to Last American: Destroying US From Within Dr. Jill Stein & Michael Hudson 
 NIMA ROSTAMI ALKHORSHID: Today we’re going to talk with Dr. Stein, 2024 presidential candidate in the United States and her policy advisor, Professor Michael Hudson. And we’re going to talk about Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, and domestic policy Continue Reading The post The Black & White of Elite Imperialism with Jill Stein...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]In this work he totally demolishes the myth that money developed from a need to simplify barter transactions. Instead, money developed as a complement to credit/debt relationships ... The post Temples of Enterprise first appeared on Michael Hudson.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Living within your means is considered a virtue in many cultures, with one notable exception – the United States, whose public debt grows by roughly a trillion dollars every 100 days and is projected to continue doing so for the next few decades. In the past, it helped to sustain the so-called American lifestyle, but Continue Reading The post Owing the US a Living? first appeared on Michael Hudson.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]“Have you no sense of decency?” The recent Congressional hearings leading to a bloodbath of university presidents brings back memories from my teen-age years in the 1950s when everyone’s eyes were glued to the TV broadcast of the McCarthy hearings. And the student revolts incited by vicious college presidents trying to stifle academic freedom when Continue Reading The post Universities as Tentacles of the Police State first appeared...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]  Nima April 22, 24 Michael’s notes from this important interview. Watch the geo-political markers. 1A. US student and voter opposition to the US-Israeli genocide.  The breaking news here in New York City today are the mass protests at Columbia University, New York University and the New School opposing the genocide in Gaza. The protests Continue Reading The post Gaza – Civilization will Win over Barbarism first appeared on...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 27th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our time. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And working behind the scenes to bring you our show every fortnight are our host, Ben Norton, our videographer, Paul Continue Reading The post Jill Stein: Splitting the Pro-Imperial Vote first appeared on...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]​PROF. MICHAEL HUDSON, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA. – Ania K   ANIA: Hello, everyone. Welcome back to my channel. Today I have with me for the fourth time, I’m still counting, a very, very special guest, one of the best professors in economics and financial analysts in the world. And I’m very Continue Reading The post Gaza: The Strategic Imperative first appeared on Michael Hudson.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]  RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 26th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: And working behind the scenes to bring you our show every fortnight are our host, Ben Norton, our videographer, Continue Reading The post Free Speech and Platform Media first appeared on Michael Hudson.