Michael Hudson: Trump’s Tariffs Could Cause Huge Global Crisis
Michael Hudson and Ben Norton take a deep dive into Trump’s contradictory and potentially disastrous economic plans, starting with tariffs.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Ben Norton take a deep dive into Trump’s contradictory and potentially disastrous economic plans, starting with tariffs.
Read more...A terse debunking of the idea that governments holding Bitcoin or other private currencies is good for anyone other than their touts.
Read more...Why US trade and economic threats against Mexico could trigger a financial/currency crisis that may propagate across the Global South
Read more...The luxury goods market is in bad shape, an indicator of how the moderately well off and “aspirational” shoppers are under income stress.
Read more...To discuss: “Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet.”
Read more...Our debunking the hype of the purported BRICS payment potential of a BIS project, mBridge, has proven to be true, and then some.
Read more...A discussion of some moves Trump is expected to take to try to contain China, starting with energy and avoiding use of the dollar.
Read more...More realistic takes on BRICS, including by Michael Hudson.
Read more...Michael Hudson refines and extends recent discussions on the future of the dollar, particularly under Trump, and finance-dominated capitalism
Read more...Sustained neoliberalism is exacting a toll on the UK via currency wobbles and reluctance to raise rates in the face of budget pressures.
Read more...Michael Hudson introduces anthropologist Giorgio Buccellati’s fascinating book on the political evolution of earlier societies.
Read more...Michael Hudson explains how Heinrich Schurtz’s 1897 Origins of Money debunked neoclassical fables about how money started and developed.
Read more...More on how much and what kind of influence BRICS might wield when it grows up.
Read more...Trump’s win highlights popular anger in the US, Japan, and Europe over the economy despite high stock prices and low unemployment
Read more...Why Trump’s dedollarization tariff threat is much more bark than bite.
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