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Book Launch Washington, Baltimore

By Thursday, February 16, 2017 Books Permalink

J is for Junk Economics is launching in the following cities, where I will be discussing how mainstream economic vocabulary has been contorted to obscure the manner in which financial giants extract wealth from rest of the economy. This A-Z user's guide will serve as critical reading for those seeking to understand the broader economic system during this new "post-fact" era. Feb 21, 7 - 9pm: Busboys and Poets, Cullen Room, Washington DC Feb 22, 12.30 - 2pm: The Democracy Collective, Washington DC Feb 22, 7.30 - 9.30pm: Red Emma's, Baltimore    

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J is For Junk Economics – Order Now

By Friday, February 3, 2017 Books Permalink

Professor Hudson's companion and follow-up to KILLING THE HOST: HOW FINANCIAL PARASITES AND DEBT DESTROY THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. The new book, J IS FOR JUNK ECONOMICS is now listed on Amazon for pre-order. Special pre-publication offer: Only $24.95 (for US dollar orders) until March 1, 2017. An essential building block for society's economic literacy, the book is an A-to-Z guide to the vocabulary in use in today's tunnel-visioned, overly-mathemetized economic lexicon. It includes terms and concepts abandoned - many on purpose - from the long history of political economy. The book builds on The Economic Insider’s Dictionary listings that were so popular on this site. It explains how the world economy really works with cunning historical insight on the doublespeak we endure. Several additional essays provide key insights to today's devolving social ...

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Book review: Killing the Host

By Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Books Permalink

The first of hopefully many book reviews. Thanks to those who have already reviewed it on Amazon, we are off to a good start. Pam Martens from Wall St On Parade writes: The riveting writer, Michael Hudson, has read our collective minds and the simmering anger in our hearts. Millions of American have long suspected that their inability to get financially ahead is an intentional construct of Wall Street’s central planners. Now Hudson, in an elegant but lethal indictment of the system, confirms that your ongoing struggle to make ends meet is not a reflection of your lack of talent or drive but the only possible outcome of having a blood-sucking financial leech affixed to your body, your retirement plan, and your economic future. In his new book, “Killing the Host,” Hudson hones ...

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Sovereignty in the Ancient Near East

By Saturday, April 25, 2015 Books, Interviews , , , Permalink

Prof Michael Hudson on the Ancient Near East by Renegadeeconomists on Mixcloud 04/01/2015 An interview on the new book - Labor in the Ancient World, the latest in our series on the Ancient Near East, co-edited with Piotr Steinkeller. Support our work by buying a copy.  Karl: Welcome to the Renegade Economists with your host, Karl Fitzgerald. This week we’re stepping back in time, way back some 10,000 years BC into the world of archaeology, Egyptology and Assyriology. Yes, it’s time for another special with Professor Michael Hudson. That’s right, Michael Hudson back on the show, he’s got a new book called Labor in the Ancient World and I asked him to give a precis on the background to this very interesting study. Hang on for another riveting conversation here on 3CR’s Renegade ...

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Updated edition – The Bubble and Beyond

By Thursday, March 19, 2015 Books Permalink

The updated edition of THE BUBBLE AND BEYOND, a chronicle of the on-going post-2008 financial collapse, is now available. It makes plain where money goes versus where it might go - and ought to go. Included: A NEW INDEX, a LIST OF 47 EXHIBITS (illustrations, charts, graphs and models), a BONUS CHAPTER and a BONUS SUMMARY, as well as contemporary quotes and author pull-out quotes. Purchase the new paperback edition here. Kindle. Thankyou for your support.

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Finance Capitalism & Its Discontents on Kindle

By Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Books Permalink

This collection contains the most important interviews and speeches that Professor Michael Hudson, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri (Kansas City), and president of the Institute for the Study of Long-term Economic Trends (ISLET) has given over the past decade (2003-2012). They span the political spectrum from COUNTERPUNCH.COM and KPFK radio’s GUNS AND BUTTER to iTULIP.COM and SANKT GEORGE in Berlin. It also includes his now-famous Rlmini, Italy, speeches that were given at a packed sports arena in early 2012 on the topic of how finance capitalism is pushing the world, starting with Europe, into austerity and neo-feudalism. Find it for Kindle, paperback here for £6.79

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Finance Capitalism and its Discontents

By Saturday, December 22, 2012 Articles, Books No tags Permalink

NEW BOOK: This collection contains the most important interviews and speeches that Professor Michael Hudson, Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri (Kansas City), and president of the Institute for the Study of Long-term Economic Trends (ISLET) has given over the past decade (2003-2012). They span the political spectrum from COUNTERPUNCH.COM and KPFK radio's GUNS AND BUTTER to iTULIP.COM and SANKT GEORGE in Berlin. It also includes his now-famous Rlmini, Italy, speeches that were given at a packed sports arena in early 2012 on the topic of how finance capitalism is pushing the world, starting with Europe, into austerity and neo-feudalism. Available in paperback or kindle from Amazon.com for $19.95

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Reality economics

By Wednesday, December 19, 2012 Books Permalink

A review of Norbert Häring and Niall Douglas, Economists and the Powerful (London: Anthem Press, 2012). “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.” And if they would destroy economies, they first create a wealthy class on top, and let human nature do the rest. The acquisition of power soon leads to its abuse, to economic and social hubris. By seeking to protect its gains, perpetuate itself and make its wealth hereditary, power elites lock in their position in ways that exclude and injure those below. Turning government into an oligarchy, the wealthy indebt and shift the tax burden onto the less powerful. It is an ancient tale. The Greeks got matters right in seeing how power leads to hubris, bringing about its own downfall. Hubris ...

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The Bubble and Beyond on Kindle

By Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Books Permalink

After many hours of formatting (thankyou Lynn), the new book The Bubble and Beyond can now be purchased for $10 from Kindle. Enjoy! Sales so far have been very good. The book would be on its second print if we were selling it traditionally. The print on demand function we are using is very effective. Thankyou for supporting independent thought, production and distribution. Tell your friends ;)

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