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.
Finance
Tax Justice Network – Podcast September 2017: Hurricanes, disaster capitalism, bitcoin bubble & over-reliance on GDP
In edition 69 of our monthly podcast, the September 2017 Taxcast we look at our over-reliance on unhelpful economic measures like Gross Domestic Product and how it constrains us. Also: we discuss hurricanes, tax havens […]
Climate Change
Mark Blyth and Carrie Nordlund – “Mark and Carrie”
Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown’s Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the week’s news. Today’s topics include the California […]
Economics
John Weeks – Brexit Agreement: A Deal Between German Manufacturing and UK Finance Sectors
Currently – actually it was always a problem – it is difficult to find anything terribly insightful concerning Brexit. John Weeks was always the exception. He simply follows the money, which very effective. He also […]
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