Here are excerpts from a conversation on the new podcast site: India & Global Left. The well prepared host, Jyotishman Mudiar wants to know: “Why the US has a unique place in the history of imperialism?” And Michael Hudson describes how much power can be projected by control of the instruments of finance.
Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City – But unlike most academics he has also practiced banking as a balance of payments economist in Chase Manhattan Bank from 1964 to 1968.
Michael Hudson acts as an economic advisor on finance and tax law to governments worldwide including China, Iceland and Latvia.
Michael Hudson is the author of many books, among them:
Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1972)
J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception (2017)
…and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year (2018)
The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism (2022)
DATE Nov 4, 2022
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