Michael Hudson is both an outstanding non-orthodox economist and a leading researcher in the study of ancient societies. David made Michael’s work far more visible than it would otherwise have been, and of course he enriched that with his own anthropological studies. He is unable to take part in the activities for David this Sunday, so I recorded this brief conversation with him about David. We miss him, both as a friend as an outstanding and original scholar.
National Politics
The Grayzone – John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger
All the scenarios of this war have an unhappy ending. John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO’s Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Maté to assess the […]
Economics
Hans Rosling – Better and better?
Is the world only becoming better and better? How are increases in wealth and life expectancy affected by social inequalities? Why do we hear so little about the global increase in mental illness and its […]
Geopolitics
Gideon Levy – Look how ugly you are: Israeli journalist holds up a mirror to his own society
This talk took place in 2022 The award winning Haaretz-journalist is one of few Israeli journalists that sheds a critical light over the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and blockade and repeating invasions of […]
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