Economics
MMT Podcast – Warren Mosler: Anatomy of a Bank Run
Patricia and Christian talk to MMT founder Warren Mosler about the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and more Listen HERE
Economics
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck: Back to the Nationstate?
In this talk Wolfgang Streeck will explain why the sovereign nation-state is the only democratic form of political organization in post-neoliberal capitalism. Wolfgang Streeck was Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988-1995) and […]
Economics
Bungacast: The New Scramble for Africa
On geopolitical competition over Africa. In light of the ‘new Cold War’, we look at what the US, Europe, Russia and China’s respective “pitches” are to African countries – what are they selling? And we […]
Economics
Steve Keen, Phil Dobbie – Who will win the money war between BRICS and the West?
If the west decouples itself from China and other autocratic regimes, just as we have done, to an extent with Russia, what does that mean for international trade? What does it mean for international investment […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Banking is at a massive crossroads. It is time that we talked about what comes next
It becomes increasingly obvious that the financial system is not under control and there is a lot of improvising going on – for better or for worse Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of […]
Austerity
Robert Reich: Bailing Out the Undeserving Rich – Again
Wealth creates power; power creates more wealth. Unattended, this can become a vicious cycle. Robert Reich, is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow at the […]
Economics
Jeremy Lissouba – Europe’s relations with Africa and Asia are on the brink of collapse, and Russia is benefiting
It appears that Africa and Asia are simply fed up with being victims of Western imperialism. Jeremy Lissouba has been a Member of Parliament in the Republic of Congo for the main opposition party since […]
Climate Crisis
Kevin Anderson – IPCC’s conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change
On mitigation the IPCC “has been as damaging to the agenda of cutting emissions as Exxon was in misleading the public about climate science” Kevin Anderson, University of Manchester The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s […]
Economics
Dennis Kucinich & Michael Hudson Analyze the Banking Collapses
Overview: This was an impromptu conversation precipitated by former Congressman Dennis Kucinich to have a deep dive discussion with a former economic advisor, Michael Hudson, on the shockingly large recent bank collapses. As the former […]
Economics
Rachel Donald – Fadel Kaboub: Why The Global South Can’t Go Green
The structural traps keeping them in debt Read Here