Corruption
Prem Sikka: Rampant corporate power is destroying our democracy
People have a choice: we can have rampant corporate power or democracy, but not both. Read HERE
Regulatory Capture
Corruption
Michael Oswald – Behind Closed Doors
Corruption and financial secrecy have far-reaching implications for both developed and developing countries. This documentary sheds light on the interplay between corrupt elites, offshore havens, and the challenges faced in combating illicit financial flows. It […]
Corruption
Michael Hudson, Bill Black – Corruption in Finance
Hi, my name is Patrick Lovell, and I want to welcome you to our latest effort in this podcast that I find myself incredibly compelled to do considering the confusion that we’re all in the […]
Corruption
Michael Roberts – Reconstructing Ukraine
Post-war plans for Ukraine: neoliberalism on steroids with the EU footing the bill Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog The 2023 Ukraine Recovery Conference […]
Economics
Gwyn Bevan: Why are our current systems of governance failing?
Neoliberalism is ultimately a systemic governance failure. Gwyn Bevan is Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis in the Department of Management at LSE and author of ‘How did Britain come to this? A century of systemic […]
Corruption
Roger McKenzie – The Simple Reason Why the U.S. Wants ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’ of the Earth
The United States is interested in safeguarding profits of monopoly capital, which carries politicians in Washington around in its pockets Roger McKenzie is a reporter for the Morning Star. He is the general secretary of […]
Corruption
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson – Did Big Banks Take Over the U.S. Treasury?
The current bank crisis is no isolated crisis but really another chapter in the long unraveling of the US financial system Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends […]
Lobbying
Justin Mikulka – Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
Greece’s worst rail disaster ever is the result of the same corporate cost-cutting and deregulation that led to East Palestine and Lac-Mégantic disasters. Justin Mikulka is a research fellow at New Consensus Cross-posted from DeSmog […]
Financial Institutions
David Shirreff – Fifteen wasted years of attempted bank reform
Regulators have squandered the fifteen years since the last financial crisis, and failed to bring real change to the banking system – as the past couple of weeks have shown. David Shirreff is a financial […]
Deregulation
Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson – The US Dollar System After Breaking Its Link to Gold
RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone. Welcome to the fifth Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly show about the political and geopolitical economy of our times. I’m Radhika Desai. MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson. RADHIKA DESAI: So […]