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Apr 30 2025 Michael Hudson: Digital Empires and the Ghosts of the Gilded Age
Trump loves tariffs because they fall mainly on the consumers, not his class.
Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Hudson in conversation with Ann Pettifor on debt and its implications for Global South – North relationsNika Dubrovsky: Hi everyone. It’s a real honor to welcome you on behalf of the David Graeber Institute. We’re especially grateful to our… Continue reading
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Apr 26 2025 Dailogue Works: Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Trump’s Trade War Collapse: How China Forced a U.S. Retreat
It is a cold war grift. It turns out that this whole idea of imposing radical tariffs is all about the cold war with China. Trump says he has three months to negotiate with other countries making a deal:
Here’s the deal:
“I’ll agree not to disrupt your trade and investment and cause you bankruptcies if you’ll… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2025 Michael Hudson with Ben Norton: Will Trump’s Tariff Games Backfire?
Donald Trump’s tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives. Ben Norton hosts the interview.
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BEN NORTON: Why has US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on… Continue reading
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Apr 14 2025 Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson with Nima
China Strikes Back as Trump Ignites New Tariff War!
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Apr 08 2025 Michael Hudson: How Private Banking Replaced Public Money
Graeber discussion group April 4, 2025
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Michael Hudson: The problem is not government debt, it’s private debt. People who say that government debt is the problem are people who want to get rid of the government and take it over themselves.What gives money its value?
Money is basically a public utility. Prior to Western civilization, money was… Continue reading
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Apr 05 2025 Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff with Nima
Can the World Unite Against U.S. Trade Weaponization?
Revenge Economics: How Trump’s Trade War Hurts America First
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff are back with us. Welcome back.
Let’s talk about the “Liberation Day,” and the new tariffs on each and every country on this… Continue reading
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Apr 04 2025 Michael Hudson & Richard Wolff with Nima
The Geopolitical Chessboard: Trump, Iran, and the Shadow of War
Ed Note: This interview was done BT – before Tariffs. I look forward to hear this dreamteam discuss the tariffs. Yes, this is my dreamteam because of the rich historical knowledge and the skill in which current affairs are placed into the ‘what… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2025 Michael Hudson, Richard Wolff with Nima
The Strategic Disjoint Continues
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, March 13, 2025, and our friends, Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff, are back with us. Welcome back.
RICHARD WOLFF: Thank you. Glad to be here.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s get started with the negotiations between, the first round of negotiations, between the Trump team, the Trump administration, and… Continue reading
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Mar 06 2025 Why Banking Isn’t What You Think It Is
KARL FITZGERALD: Welcome everyone to our quarterly Patreon Q&A gathering here with Professor Michael Hudson, author of just so many books and contributor to so many long interviews. Michael, three hours plus is becoming a normal for you.
Good to see people turning up, our Patreon supporters.
Make sure you throw your questions in the Q&A, it… Continue reading
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Mar 03 2025 Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson with Nima: The Horizon Nears on America’s Free Financial Ride
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NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi everybody, today is Thursday, February 20, 2025, and our friends Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson are back with us. Welcome back.
RICHARD WOLFF: Glad to be here.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Let’s get started, Michael, with your recent article about the price of gold and how the United States is trying to manage that. What’s your… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2025 Trump’s Economic Recovery a Dead End?
Michael Hudson, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
The Trump admin isn’t “reindustrializing” America, it is reorganizing the monopolistic pursuit of global hegemony.
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