A podcast with journalist Paul Jay. The Federal Reserve is directly buying stocks, bonds, junk bonds, mortgages, junk mortgages, all to prop up the value of assets owned by the top 5%. This does not spur much new production or create jobs. Michael Hudson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast Transcript Paul Jay Hi, my name’s Paul Jay, and welcome to theAnalysis.news podcast. Michael Hudson is a distinguished research professor of economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and also a professor at Peking University in Beijing. He’s written or edited over 10 books on international finance, economic history and the history of economic thought. His newest book is J is for Junk Economics and most recently, And Forgive Them Their Debts, which Martin Wolf of the Financial Times cited as a ...

An interview on Gary Null's Progressive Commentary Hour. We dig into debts during the cov-19 period in light of my book '...and forgive them their debts.' Photo by Lopez Robin on Unsplash

I spoke with James Ostaszewski and Alexander Reed Kelly, members of the Debt & Finance Working Group of the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Topics included governments, debt and my history with democratic socialists. NYC-DSA is working with New York State legislators to enable the creation of public banks throughout New York State and supports the goal of debt cancellation. The conversation took place during the afternoon of Tuesday, May 19th.

Moderate Rebels Part 2 Super Imperialism, April 2020 TRANSCRIPT - HOW THE US MAKES COUNTRIES PAY FOR ITS WARS: ECONOMICS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM WITH MICHAEL HUDSON | MODERATE REBELS, 24 APRIL 2020 Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own military occupation. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the economics of Washington’s empire, the role of the IMF and World Bank, attempts to create alternative financial systems like BRICS, and the new cold war on China and Russia. PART 2 OF 2 (Interview recorded on April 13, 2020) Part 1: “US coronavirus ‘bailout’ scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St – Economist Michael Hudson explains” MICHAEL HUDSON: The World Bank has one primary aim, and that’s to ...

TRANSCRIPT: US CORONAVIRUS 'BAILOUT' SCAM IS $6 TRILLION GIVEAWAY TO WALL ST - ECONOMIST MICHAEL HUDSON EXPLAINS 21 APRIL 2020 BY MODERATE REBELS Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Congress rammed through the CARES Act — which economist Michael Hudson explains is not a “bailout” but a massive, $6 trillion giveaway to Wall Street, banks, large corporations, and stockholders.  Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the enormous financial scam with Hudson, who reveals how the economy actually works, with the Federal Reserve printing money so rich elites don’t lose their investments.  Michael Hudson, “A debt jubilee is the only way to avoid a depression,” The Washington Post, March 21, 2020 Transcript MICHAEL HUDSON: Just think of when, in the debates with Bernie Sanders during the spring, Biden and Klobuchar kept saying, ‘What we’re paying for Medicare-for-All will be ...

An interview on the Radical Imagination.

An interview on Renegade Inc with Ross Ashcroft. Ross: Michael, really good to have you back on Renegade Inc. Michael Hudson: It's good to be here. Ross: Can you just give us a snapshot into what you're seeing in New York? I know that you're in quarantine at the moment. You're holed up in your bunker. Just give us an idea of what it's like over there. Michael Hudson: Well, I'm in the epicentre of the epicentre, according to the governor of New York, I'm in Queens, in Forest Hills, right next to Elmhurst, where on television they're showing lines eight hours long in the rain of people trying to get tested for Corona virus in the Elmhurst public hospital. It's a disaster area there. They show the refrigerator truck ...