Michael Hudson discusses his life as a young Communist intellectual, how he became interested in economics and finance, his life in academia, and his recent work on rentier capitalism and debt jubilees.
Read more...Attempts by the New York Times to blame humanity as a whole for climate change let the real culprits off the hook.
Read more...Oxford professor Ludovic Phalippou gives a decisive debunking of the claim that private equity outperforms.
Read more...Yet another proof that the authorities were given evidence of widespread mortgage fraud before the crisis and chose to do nothing about it.
Read more...With its newest sanctions, the Administration ratchets up its “regime change in Iran” strategy. Not a good look.
Read more...How hedge fund activists, who largely operate as a type of corporate raider, have subverted the notion of “shareholder democracy” and what can be done to rein them in.
Read more...The SEC succeeded in spinning the Wall Street Journal’s story on the large delays in paying out whistleblowers whose tips led to successful enforcement actions.
Read more...CalPERS wrongfoots another big alternative assets investment, this one in timber.
Read more...Nitty gritty details of what happens with a crash-out Brexit, made accessible and even entertaining.
Read more...How to tell borderline sham fair trade certifications from the real deal.
Read more...The Minneapolis meetup group strikes again! Hope you can join the fun!
Read more...How the evolution of the rise in inequality in the US has dominated and distorted economists’ and pundits’ commentary; data show that some pet generalizations don’t hold up.
Read more...The Financial Times has used two lead stories this week to deliver factuall-challenged propagandizing for the Government’s Brexit maneuvers.
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