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Dec 05 2025 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: EU–US Split? EU Moves as the UK Economy Collapses
The EU: There is nothing left, besides hatred of Russia. That is the only political message that they have, and they will keep on working it. The stakes now are so high and what is at stake is the physical, military and demographic survival of Europe itself.
What the EU is attempting is to inculcate a… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2025 
Unthinkable: China Banks all Dumping USD Assets As U.S. Carves Up Seized Russian Reserves
Seun Foo
In a big update, China banks are making a move to reducing their balance sheet of dollar assets. Meanwhile, the US has a new plan to carve up Russia’s frozen reserves.
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Nov 20 2025 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: The West Is losing Control
Interviewer: Nima from Dialogue Works
Professor Wolff describes the slavery of Europe. He states that the psychological insight is that the demonization of Russia is the displacement of the rage and anger against the United States. This cannot be expressed so it conflates or becomes conflated in the rage against Russia. The… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2025 
Why US Reindustrialization & AI Boom is a Fantasy | Warwick Powell & Carl Zha
Why does US policy seem to actively harm its own business interests? In this deep dive, Dr. Warwick Powell dismantles the conventional wisdom. He argues that the root causes are hubris, a politics of nostalgia, and a fundamental shift in the nature of American capital. We explore why finance and tech capital are indifferent to… Continue reading
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Oct 20 2025
Seun Foo keeps us up to date: Bessent Orders Japan To Cancel Russian Supply, France Downgraded, U.S. Australia Panic Begins
As the trade war continues, Bessent is looking to pressure Japan to ditch Russian oil for US LNG. Meanwhile, France just got downgraded as Trump gets desperate for critical minerals from Australia.
(Seun deals with gold, so he has some ads).
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Oct 06 2025 
Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai: Geopolitical Economy, New Season
Who Plans the Economy?
RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to a new season of Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that explores the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our time. We are beginning this new season with our 50th episode. I’m Radhika Desai, and joining me today is one of our regulars and favorites, indeed, the… Continue reading
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Oct 06 2025 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: The U.S. Cannot Survive this WAR
The US has already decided on nuclear war – Hudson.
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Oct 01 2025
Michael Hudson, Prof Wolff: Cascading Policy Failures Undermine Empire
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi everybody. Today is Thursday, September 18, 2025, and our friends Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are back with us. Welcome back.
RICHARD WOLFF: Glad to be here.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Michael, you told me that you watched my talk with Scott Ritter about the defense budget, and all of that. What’s your point on that?
MICHAEL… Continue reading
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Sep 28 2025 
How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history
By Esteban Almiron
[Note: Very recently we received this quote from Michael Hudson: “Latin America’s movements for political independence and the abolition of slavery were sidetracked into one of the great tragedies of modern history. Slavery was indeed replaced, but was replaced by debt peonage on a national level, leading to impoverishment, underdevelopment, and a… Continue reading
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Sep 25 2025
Michael Hudson: The Fascist Protection Racket: Tribute States
MICHAEL HUDSON: In our minds, there’s a different set of books. There’s one set of books for the majority of the world population. The German history books, the French history books, and the American, the English history books have all been rewritten in a more and more extreme distortion of what actually happened.
GLENN DIESEN: Hi… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2025 
Stablecoins and the GENIUS Act: Money, Illusion, or Geopolitical Weapon? Two experts
Stablecoins and the GENIUS Act: Money, Illusion, or Geopolitical Weapon?
Two experts clash over stablecoins and Trump’s GENIUS Act: Are they deceptive financial assets or strategic weapons in the new U.S.-China currency war?
Think BRICS
, Xiaoguang Yin
, and Megas AlexandrosIn an era of rapid financial innovation and intensifying geopolitical competition, the very nature of money and its… Continue reading
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Aug 15 2025 
Ben Norton: US Dollar in free fall: Trump panics, Putin & China Plot BRICS Currency Coup
Danny Haiphong interviewing Ben Norton. It is a typical Haiphong header.
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Aug 08 2025 
All Economic Data Point to Western Collapse
The Sirius Report:
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Aug 04 2025 
Economics that everyone should know (brought forward)
We’ve had economic discussions on the site over the past week. One of our commentators mentioned that we need a short course. It is not easy. For my two years of university studies in economics, I still jokingly threaten to ask for my student fees back, because it was worthless. I know Colin Maxwell has… Continue reading
