Michael Hudson: The U.S. Plan to Revive Geoeconomic Dominance
How Trump has been trying to use military muscle to reassert US geopolitical and economic dominance.
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The Global Food Crisis
A hard look at the possible severity of the coming global food crisis and how it demands new approaches to analysis and decisions.
Read more...American Oligarchs Sell the Ground Out From Underneath Their Own Feet
Their “Arsenal of Democracy” is breaking down (a good thing!); too bad it doesn’t mean redirecting social capital toward social needs.
Read more...Michael Hudson with Radhika Desai: We’re Headed for a Depression Worse Than 2008
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai discuss how much of supposed US economic performance is illusory, and what happens when it unwinds.
Read more...How Did We Get Stuck?
Much seems to be moving, but little is fundamentally changing. But can it change, or are we stuck in a particular world system?
Read more...Should BRICS+ Lead the Global South?
BRICS seems destined never to live up to hopes for it. Is strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement a better strategy?
Read more...Iran War: Trump Lashes Himself to Strait of Hormuz Mast With Renewed Blockade, Intensified Attacks on Iran; Oil Crunch Worsens as Iran Halt Fujairah Shipments, Houthis Threaten to Close Bab el-Mandeb
Today’s Iran war news: Trump is indeed making himself Herbert Hoover 2.0 with his latest escalation.
Read more...Trump 2.0’s Escalation Strategy Against Russia Is Starting To Take Shape
How the US is laying the foundation for escalation against Russia in Ukraine in the coming year.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The ‘Own Goals’ of Trump-onomics
Short seller David Einhorn’s saying, “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse” particularly applies to Trump’s economic schemes.
Read more...After the US President Ordered the British Prime Minister Out of Office, What’s Left of the Anglo-American Special Relationship?
Why the Trump Administration is set to be able to push around incoming British Prime Minister Andy Burnham even more than with Kier Starmer.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Debts That Cannot Be Paid Won’t Be
R. C. J. Cranstoun spoke with Michael Hudson on debt, rentierism, and the geopolitical rift around sanctions, energy, and the dollar system
Read more...What Happens When the World’s Breadbaskets Start Failing Simultaneously?
A look at the global food system focusing on the role of breadbaskets. Many disconcerting parallels to global financial crisis risks.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Geopathology and the Econopathology Behind it
How pervasive behavioral disorders among what passes for elites are destructive not just to the social order but ultimately to them too.
Read more...The Roots of the U.S.-Russia Rivalry
A deep dive into the history of US-Russia relations.
Read more...Satyajit Das: An Emerging Market Crisis in Oil-Poor Asia?
It is no secret that most countries in Asia will be hard by the energy crunch. What can they do?
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