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Why capitalism is inherently imperialist: Class struggle at the international level
Political economist Radhika Desai discusses how capitalism is inherently imperialist, what the class struggle looks like at the international level, …
3 years, 1 month ago
Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor
US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't really matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans …
3 years, 1 month ago
How a US debt trap in Argentina is fueling inflation, dollarization, far right
Argentina is trapped in unpayable odious debt owed to US vulture funds like BlackRock and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is fueling extr…
3 years, 1 month ago
China builds global alternative as US-led financial order decays
To analyze how China is building a global alternative as the US-led neoliberal financial order decays, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael…
3 years, 1 month ago
Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world
Economist Michael Hudson discusses his book "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point", and how this his…
3 years, 1 month ago
US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows
Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 t…
3 years, 1 month ago
US backs Ecuador dictator: Right-wing banker dissolves parliament to stop impeachment for corruption
Ecuador's right-wing President Guillermo Lasso, a multimillionaire banker notorious for blatant corruption, dissolved the National Assembly to preven…
3 years, 1 month ago
Criminals welcome as US recruits foreign proxies to wage 'irregular war' on adversaries
The US military arms and trains foreign fighters as "proxies" to wage "irregular warfare" against adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to …
3 years, 1 month ago
Ukraine's neoliberalism on steroids, Europe’s economic suicide
To analyze the conflict in Ukraine, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dunford. They discus…
3 years, 1 month ago
How CIA's Operation Mongoose terror war led to Cuban missile crisis
Historian Aaron Good discusses Operation Mongoose, the CIA's terror campaign against Cuba; how it led to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis; and the respo…
3 years, 1 month ago