Economist and author Michael Hudson, author of ‘…and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year’, shares with journalist Chris Hedges how ancient cultures forgave debt cyclically to prevent debt peonage and the rise of an oligarch elite.
Economics
Michael Hudson – Debt Deflation and the Neofeudal Empire
Michael delves into the history of debt and its role in our ever-changing economic structure. He references classical economists like Smith, Mills, Ricardo, and Marx, with their concept of economic rent as unearned income. They […]
Climate Crisis
Renegade Inc.: Steve Keen – Lies, damn lies and climate statistics
It will come as no surprise that a recent poll indicated that economists are among the least-trusted professionals. They’ve made blundering mistakes on everything from claiming financial crises can happen to not facing the most […]
Geopolitics
Angela Davis – South Africa standing up for Palestine has created new hope in the world
1 February 2024 Scholar and activist Angela Davis joins Frank Barat to discuss the importance of solidarity with Palestinians as they face a genocide in Gaza by Israel. Prof. Angela Davis is the Distinguished Professor […]
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