Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson discuss why the post-dollar world is not likely to be built around a single BRICS currency, but through local currency trade, gold settlement, barter, renminbi debt restructuring and new payment systems that reduce dependence on the weaponised dollar system.

Michael Hudson, Anne Pettifor and Françoise Vergès trace how debt replaced colonial rule, from Haiti’s forced repayments to today’s dollar-denominated crises. As war, rising energy costs, and austerity deepen global imbalances, countries face a stark choice between creditor control or economic sovereignty.

Michael Hudson and Steve Keen explain how war, energy shocks and debt overload could trigger inflation in essentials, deflation across the wider economy and a deep global slump.