This year I have been regularly posting excerpts from Michael Hudson’s new book J is for Junk Economics. Below is Part One of his interview with… 48 more words
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Michael Hudson on Class Consciousness
Here is another extract from Michael Hudson‘s excellent J is for Junk Economics (p.57-8):
300 more words“Class Consciousness: This term has been associated mainly with the working class, but the elites may have an even stronger feeling of solidarity as a cohesive class.
Free Market Reality
A “Free market equals a Free human” is a nice catchy phrase. It implies that there’s no burden of regulation, no government interference, no one sitting in a far away office telling you what you can and can’t do with your life. 482 more words
Makers and Takers: How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street
It has been 9 years since the 2008 financial crisis but its spectre still looms large over the world. The US government’s half-baked approach to plug the systemic loopholes didn’t make post-crisis era any better. 1,642 more words
Trumponomics Part 1: Causes of the phenomenon
As promised, here is a review of some of the ideas covered in the fairly weighty tome Trumponomics – Causes and Consequences, recently published by the… 759 more words
The Financialization Response to Economic Disequilibria: European and Latin American Experiences
759 more wordsBook review of N. Levy-Orlik & E Ortiz (2016), The Financialization Response to Economic Disequilibria: European and Latin American Experiences, Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham UK…
