Michael Hudson
On finance, real estate and the powers of neoliberalism
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Getting Rich Off What You Used to Own
Workers were promised that rising house prices and pension investments would give them a stake in financial prosperity. Michael Hudson examines the bargain: their retirement savings could help finance corporate takeovers that stripped assets and undermined the jobs those workers…
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The Cost of Living Is Someone Else’s Income
A hospital sells its buildings, then pays rent to keep treating patients. Its owners collect a dividend while its operating costs rise. Michael Hudson joins Robinson Erhardt to explain how financial engineering creates fortunes by adding expenses to the rest of the economy. The…
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Nord Stream Under New Management
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To the Last Euro
Europe’s place in America’s sphere of influence comes at a cost. Michael Hudson examines Nord Stream, monopoly power and the obstacles to reindustrialization. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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Your House Went Up. Someone Else Pays.
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The Homeowner’s Stake in Unaffordable Housing
Can housing stay affordable while owners expect rising prices? Michael Hudson and Einar Tangen debate China’s property market and the taxation of land rent. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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Cheap Energy Is Now an Addiction
European manufacturers are being asked to compete with China while paying more for energy and surrendering export markets. Michael Hudson argues that governments have helped create this competitive disadvantage, then blamed foreign producers for the results. Speaking with former…
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Europe’s High-Cost Foreign Policy
Europe’s costly energy choices undermine its industry. Michael Hudson and Ian Proud discuss sanctions, Chinese competition and dependence on Washington. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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What Will Exporters Accept Instead of Dollars?
Selling oil is one thing. Getting paid in something you can use is another. A country can run a trade surplus and still find itself holding another government’s debt, a depreciating currency or reserves vulnerable to sanctions. In this conversation with Kathleen Tyson at the…
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Getting Paid Without the Dollar
Michael Hudson and Kathleen Tyson debate gold, dollar alternatives and how resource exporters can retain more of the wealth their economies produce. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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Nobel Travesty – Again
I stopped calling myself an economist in the 1970s. Debt, the balance of payments and monetary imperialism were central to what I studied, but increasingly peripheral to what the profession wanted to discuss. Catholic publications gave me space to make arguments that had little…
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My Reaction To The Newest Nobel Economics Prize Travesty
Michael Hudson argues that the 2026 Nobel Economics Prize rewards theories that overlook debt deflation and reinforce the power of creditors. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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An ironic inversion of the usage of “holaucaust”
I’m seeing a powerful transformation in the use of the term “holocaust” on the Internet. Long before World War II, it was a Greek-based English word for killing or massacre. It was a natural extension for its being used as a more familiar word to describe what the Palestinians…
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Making a Living After the Asset Boom
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Who Elected the Central Bankers?
Michael Hudson and Ann Pettifor challenge central bank independence and explain why higher interest rates could deepen an oil-driven economic crisis. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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A Tollbooth on Human Knowledge
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An AI Dividend Before the Profits
Can AI earn enough to pay its debts? Michael Hudson examines monopoly pricing, China’s competing models, and the risk of a taxpayer bailout. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%
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Rubio’s amazing speech at Athens
I’ve been absent from Patreon for a few days because I’ve been in a creative fury writing about what has made the West “Western.” From Athens through Rome, Europe to the United States, what was new was that it was tyhe first civilization not to impose checks on the emergence of…
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Oil or the Bondholders?
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The Creditors Can Wait. The Harvest Can’t.
Rising oil and food costs could force countries to choose between essential imports and foreign creditors. Michael Hudson explains the debt squeeze. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%