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A wide-ranging talk, both geographically and historically, on the accelerating changes in the global economy

Another tour de force by Michael Hudson on how debt dynamics create oligarcies, how the Fed stoked thebank crisis, and the multipolarity push.

Commentary The catastrophic COVID response has many people wondering whether we should really turn over public policy—which deals ...

Eugenic pseudoscience has become an intellectual foundation of modern statecraft

The catastrophic Covid response has many people wondering whether we should really turn over public policy — which deals with fundamental matters of human freedom — much less public health, to a state-appointed scientific establishment. Must...

The American economy today is mixed: It is partly free, vibrant, prosperous, and entrepreneurial—and partly unfree, obstructed, and lethargic. The free part is governed by the principles of our Founding and the U.S. Constitution, which safeguard private property and contract rights that permit us to gain, hold, use, and dispose of property. This legal structure has produced the most prosperous and innovative economy in human history.

Another tour de force with Michael Hudson, covering development, rentierism, economic narratives, debt dynamics, and the rise of China.

Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.

National Security

© Anthony Quintano/CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons High-ended retailer Saks Fifth Avenue added private security, fencing and barbed wire ahead of a Black Lives Matter protest in New York, June 7. 2020. Pepe Escobar in conversation with Michael Hudson at the Henry George School of Social Science. Michael Hudson: Well, Im honored to be here on the same show with Pepe and discuss our mutual concern. And I think you have to frame the whole issue that China is thriving, and the West has reached the end...