Michael Hudson: Origins of Money and Interest: Palatial Credit, Not Barter
A deep dive into the origins of credit and money, along with the political implications of different theories.
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5 Ways Liberals and Progressives Shame the Poor Without Even Realizing It
The poor (and even the struggling middle class) are too often on the receiving end of sanctimonious and not cheap lifestyle finger-wagging.
Read more...Trump Ups the Ante in Trade Brinksmanship
Investors are rattled by Trump escalating his trade war threat with China.
Read more...The Forgotten Economic Vision of Martin Luther King
In the last years of his life, King was boldly forging a radical, multi-racial movement for economic justice.
Read more...Economists’ Dubious Relationship with Trade Policy: Comparative Advantage is a System that Works for the Wealthy
The great unwashed public has good reason to doubt what economists say about trade.
Read more...Remote-Controlled Self-Driving Cars: Unworkable Technology for Unproven Technology
Debunking a scheme to reduce the risk of self-driving cars: remote control operators.
Read more...50 Years of Gender and Intellectual Ability Stereotypes in Films
Films are doing women no favors, unless you think relegating them to traditional roles is a good thing.
Read more...Reminder: Tuscon Meetup This Friday, April 6
If you are in the Tuscon environs, be sure to swing by the meetup this Friday!
Read more...Milton Friedman’s ” The Role of Monetary Policy” – 50 Years Later
Like it or not, Milton Friedman is still very much with us.
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Bay Hills Sues Kentucky Retirement Systems for Invoking Its Contractual Right to Dissolve Fund
Kentucky Retirement Systems is in the midst of another important alternative investments legal contest.
Read more...Conclusive Evidence of the Russian State’s Guilt in the Skripal Case Is Lacking — and That’s Important
A big crack opens up in the official story about the Skripal poisoning.
Read more...The Hudson Report: The Economic Impact of Bipartisan Bank Deregulation
Michael Hudson debunks the talking points used to sell the just-passed bank deregulation bill.
Read more...Links 4/3/18
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Fourteen: The New Yorker Lays Out the Template for Pro-Uber Propaganda
Dissecting the New Yorker’s fawning profile of new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
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