Michael Hudson on American as Absentee Landlord on The Greyzone: Biden Administration, New Cold War, Super Imperialism, Dollar Weaponization
Yves here. Get a cup of coffee. This is a meaty discussion among Michael Hudson, Ben Norton, and Max Blumenthal on the tools America has used to achieve and preserve economic and political dominance. The talk includes current topics like vaccine diplomacy and the role of the Gates Foundation, the malign influence of the IMF and World Bank, China’s challenger economic model, the new Cold War, and MMT. In a talk this long, there will inevitably be a few discordant notes. One is depicting Boomers as conditioned to be Russia-haters due to nuclear war fears with the old USSR. Another is a discus...