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Rorisang Kgosana and Earl Coetzee The book is freely available from several local online retailers and there are arguments both for and against its sale. Picture for Illustration. Picture: iStock It would be difficult, in fact near impossible, to find a figure more universally loathed than Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader responsible for the deaths of million of Jews, Romany, homosexuals and any other so-called undesirables, had v...

Yves here. Michael Hudson gives a very long sweep of history and his own work in this webinar on Positiva Pengar on how the various debt and monetary regimes from 2400 BC onward have influenced economic development and the distribution of wealth and power. Even though this is a lengthy talk (the Q&A section will be posted tomorrow), it’s less formal than Hudson’s papers and so lends itself to being consumed in more bites. This format also allows Hudson to discuss related issues like the corruption of economics and macroeconomic data, and the dustup between Paul Krugman and Steve Keen.

“You can’t take yourself too seriously when you sell Skodas for a living” The butt of terrible jokes in the 1980s, the quirky Czech cars were simple yet robust – while looking after customers ensured great loyalty 31 March 2021 • 5:21pm Small but dedicated dealerships reflected Skoda's no-frills approach. This is the author's father's outlet in Rochdale, celebrating the arrival of the F-registration Estelle in August 1988 The slogan ran “Surprising Skoda”. The Czech cars were a force to be reckoned with on the world’s rally stages although in the UK they are better known as th...

© 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, I'm 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 of the whole 75-year expansion it had since 1945. So, there was an illusion that America is de-ind...

Yves here. Get a cup of coffee. This is another meaty talk with Michael Hudson, this time focusing on his classic Super Imperialism. Hudson has an updated and expanded version set to go to print soon. Oscar Brisset: Welcome to the first event of the Oxford Economics Society for this academic year. I’m Oscar, the Co-President of our society, and I’m glad to welcome you back for another term of exciting discussions. Although we were hoping last term to be back in-person by January, due to the worsening Covid-19 situation in the UK our events this term are going to remain online, so that ev...