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Understanding America’s Post-Industrial Economy

[unable to retrieve full-text content]  GLENN DIESEN: Welcome to today’s program. My name is Glenn Diesen. I’m a professor at the University of Southeastern Norway. With me is my colleague Alexander Mercouris from the very informative and popular Duran. The guest today is none other than the excellent Michael Hudson, a very renowned economist. He’s written brilliant books, which Continue Reading The post Understanding America’s Post-Industrial Economy first...

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Chinese translation of THE GREEK CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – MARXIST ANALYSES

The collective volume THE GREEK CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – MARXIST ANALYSES has been translated Chinese and published in China. The book was edited by Stavros Mavroudeas and includes contributions of several Greek Marxist political economists. It was originally written in English and published by Routledge. The Chinese edition was translated in the NorthWest University (in X’ian) and published by China Economics Publishers. Several presentations of the book in Chinese...

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Eleven Objectives of Neoliberalism

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A series of lectures will be coming out of my relationship with Hong Kong’s Global University of Sustainability. These have been tiered to a Chinese audience, revealing another layer to my work. Thanks for all your support via Patreon.      Image by Владимир Харитонов from Pixabay The post Eleven Objectives of Neoliberalism first...

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Yellen’s Daydream

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Discussion by Michael Hudson with Kin Chi Lau, Global University, Hong Kong, June 5, 2023 There’s a big dam on the Dnieper River that supplies all of the water to Crimea and they blow it up. Thousands of homes have been flooded. Naturally, the Ukrainians said the Russians did it. The reason that Crimea was Continue Reading The post Yellen’s Daydream first appeared on Michael Hudson.

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How tight is the labor market?

Inflation is coming down, as the last BLS report shows. I'm not going to get into that into this (very short) post. The disinflation has taken place while the official unemployment remains very low. However, we all know that unemployment measures very poorly the situation in the labor market. My alternative measure, which I make students calculate in macro classes, is what would be the unemployment rate be if the participation rate, which has been declining since the early 2000s (when China...

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Buying US Debt Subsidizes Imperialism

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Michael Hudson | A piece of advice: Buying U.S. debt is to provide ammunition for U.S. military expansion Source: Observer Network 2023-06-01 08:01 The June 5 deadline referred by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has fallen, and the US debt ceiling negotiations have entered the final congressional voting juncture. House Speaker McCarthy, who was eager Continue Reading The post Buying US Debt Subsidizes Imperialism first appeared on Michael Hudson.

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What Can The World Expect From China’s Recovery?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]1.(BOAO FORUM) For starters, this year’s Boao Forum undoubtedly brings great opportunities for exchanges between Chinese and foreign business people who may not have been able to meet since the outbreak of the pandemic. So what can we expect from such a good opportunity? And how do you think the Boao Forum could help or Continue Reading The post What Can The World Expect From China’s Recovery? first appeared on Michael Hudson.

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Introducing China’s Leading Economist

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Through my work at the Global University for Sustainability, I have come to know Professor Wen Tiejun. He provides a key analysis of the ten crises China has endured. I highly recommend his book to you (PDF), kindly donated to the reform community as an open access book.  There are 10 lectures that accompany the Continue Reading The post Introducing China’s Leading Economist first appeared on Michael Hudson.

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Two basic problems of a declining population in a Country

From the NYT opinion pages comes Paul Krugman’s description of the two basic problems of a declining population in a country, Dr. Krugman ues China as an example. China’s population declined last year, for the first time since the mass deaths associated with Mao Zedong’s disastrous Great Leap Forward in the 1960s. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that China has announced that its population declined. Many observers are skeptical about...

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Deglobalization, conflict, & the self-inflicted threat to democracy: consequences of US imperial over-reach

Because of the seriousness of the world situation, I have decided to get back in the business of doing interviews (which I do not enjoy doing). Here is a link to my interview (13/12/2022) on RT CrossTalk discussing “New Globalization?” In that connection, here is a link to a paper (written in 2018) titled “The […]

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