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Write an article about: Countries worldwide are dropping the US dollar: De-dollarization in China, Russia, Brazil, ASEAN. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence a...
ASEAN, Brazil, China, de-dollarization, Dilma Rousseff, dollar, gas, IMF, India, Indonesia, Kenya, LNG, Lula da Silva, Malaysia, NDB, New Development Bank, oil, petrodollar, renminbi, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, World Bank, yuan
The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, as countries around the world seek alternatives to the hegemony of the US dollar. China, Russia, Brazil, India, ASEAN nations, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are now using local currencies in trade. (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) The global de-dol...
Write an article about: Europe angry that US profits from Ukraine proxy war while destroying EU economy. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of the...
EU, Europe, European Union, gas, Joe Biden, LNG, Ukraine
EU leaders are furious that the US is making lots of money from the proxy war in Ukraine by selling weapons and exporting expensive natural gas. Meanwhile European industries are being destroyed as high energy prices and US subsidies push its companies to go overseas. (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) Cracks ...
Write an article about: What is ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’? Inside China’s economic model. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of the...
China, John Ross, neoliberalism, podcast, socialism
How does socialism with Chinese characteristics differ from Western neoliberal capitalism? Economist John Ross, who has taught in China, explains Beijing’s model. Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton discussed China’s socialist model with economist John Ross, a senior fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial S...
Write an article about: BRICS Bank de-dollarizing, promises 30% of loans in local currencies, new chief Dilma Rousseff says. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
Brazil, BRICS, de-dollarization, Dilma Rousseff, dollar, inflation, interest, Lula da Silva, NDB, New Development Bank
The new chief of the BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, Brazil’s leftist ex-President Dilma Rousseff, revealed they are gradually moving away from the US dollar, promising at least 30% of loans in local currencies of members. The new president of the BRICS Bank has revealed that the Global South-led bloc is advancing ...
Write an article about: Economist Michael Hudson explains inflation crisis and Fed’s secretive $4.5 trillion bank bailout. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence ...
banks, China, dollar, economics, Fed, Federal Reserve, gold, Michael Hudson, Russia, Wall Street
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the global inflation crisis and how the US Federal Reserve quietly (and apparently illegally) bailed out big banks in 2019 with $4.5 trillion of emergency repo loans Ben Norton interviewed economist Michael Hudson to discuss what is causing the global inflation crisis, and also how t...
Write an article about: Global 1% own 43% of financial assets, 5 richest billionaires doubled wealth while 5 billion workers got poorer. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflec...
Bernard Arnault, capitalism, Elon Musk, inequality, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, neoliberalism, Oxfam, Warren Buffett
The world’s richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity got poorer, according to a report by Oxfam. The world’s richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020,...
Write an article about: ‘Dollar suffered stunning collapse in 2022’: Share of global reserves fell to 47%, decreasing at 10 times rate. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect...
Bloomberg, dollar, Eurizon, Financial Times, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Joana Freire, Stephen Jen
“The dollar suffered a stunning collapse in 2022 in its market share as a reserve currency”, largely due to US sanctions, falling from 73% of reserves in 2001 to 47% in 2022, according to economist Stephen Jen. Countries in the Global South are seeking economic alternatives in a multipolar world. Major financial media...
Write an article about: US Congress plots to save dollar dominance amid global de-dollarization rebellion. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of t...
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Congress, Daniel McDowell, dollar, Marshall Billingslea, Michael Faulkender, Tyler Goodspeed, Young Kim
The US Congress held a hearing titled “Dollar Dominance: Preserving the U.S. Dollar’s Status as the Global Reserve Currency”, as countries around the world join the de-dollarization rebellion against Washington’s “exorbitant privilege”. The US Congress held a hearing to discuss the growing international movement towar...
Write an article about: US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
China, dollar, Israel, Palestine, petrodollar, renminbi, Saudi Arabia, Wall Street Journal, yuan
As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China’s renminbi or other currencies. The United States is negotiating behind the scenes with Saudi Arabia, pressuring the country to keep selling its oil in dollars. Washington...
Write an article about: Brazil and Argentina preparing new Latin American currency to ‘reduce reliance on US dollar’. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
Andrés Arauz, Argentina, Brazil, CELAC, dollar, Financial Times, Latin America, Lula da Silva, MERCOSUR, Sergio Massa, Sur, UNASUR
Brazil and Argentina are making plans for a Latin American currency called the Sur, to “boost regional trade and reduce reliance on the US dollar”. Lula had pledged it while running for president. The governments of Brazil and Argentina are making plans to create a new currency for Latin America, called the Sur (“sout...
Write an article about: Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
capitalism, China, dollar, economics, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Paul Volcker, petrodollar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine
Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China’s challenge to the petrodollar. Economist Michael Hudson joins Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton to discuss partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed...
Write an article about: ‘Western dominance has ended’, EU foreign-policy chief admits, warning of ‘West against the Rest’ geopolitics. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect ...
EU, European Union, Gaza, General Assembly, Global South, Josep Borrell, Sahel, Ukraine, United Nations
The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Europe’s top diplomat has acknowledged that th...
Write an article about: West opposes rest of world in UN votes for fairer economic system, equality, sustainable development. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essen...
economics, Israel, Palestine, Turkey, Türkiye, United Nations
The West opposed the rest of the planet in United Nations General Assembly votes that called for a new international economic order based on sovereign equality, sustainable development, and biological diversity. Most countries on Earth voted at the United Nations General Assembly to support a call for a new internatio...
Write an article about: Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall Street. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
capitalism, neoliberalism, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Wall Street
Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky opened the New York Stock Exchange telling Wall Street his country is “open” for foreign corporations to exploit it with $400 billion in state selloffs. Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky virtually opened the New York Stock Exchange on the morning of S...
Write an article about: How USA makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence an...
dollar, economics, IMF, imperialism, Michael Hudson, Treasury, treasury bonds, World Bank
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. Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay...
Write an article about: What causes inflation? Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags...
economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, inflation, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai
What is inflation? What causes it? What are the problems in how the Federal Reserve and other central banks respond to it? Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain in this episode of Geopolitical Economy Hour. In this episode of Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss ...
Write an article about: Corporate profits were biggest driver of inflation in Europe, IMF admits. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags...
European Central Bank, Fed, Federal Reserve, IMF, inflation, Isabella Weber, Jerome Powell
Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for workers’ wages, according to research by IMF economists. Corporate profits have been the biggest contributor to inflation in Europe since 2021. This is according to a study published by the Intern...
Write an article about: US Federal Reserve says its goal is ‘to get wages down’. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Fed, Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Paul Volcker, wages
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said his goal is “to get wages down,” complaining workers have too much power in the labor market. Economist Michael Hudson says this is “junk economics,” and corporate monopolies are driving inflation, not wages. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said his...
Write an article about: NATO/West or Global Majority? Unipolar destruction or multipolar development? The world must choose. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
China, EU, European Union, Geopolitical Economy Hour, India, Israel, Michael Hudson, Narendra Modi, Radhika Desai, Russia, Ukraine
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Argentina, and Europe. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between t...
Write an article about: Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and contex...
Britain, China, economics, finance, Geopolitical Economy Hour, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Michael Hudson, multipolarity, Radhika Desai, Russia, UK, United Kingdom, World Bank
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson introduce their show Geopolitical Economy Hour discussing the rise of the multipolar world and decline of US hegemony. Introducing Geopolitical Economy Hour: This is the first episode of a show being hosted every two weeks by economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson. They...
Write an article about: How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context ...
Adolfo Diz, Alberto Fernández, Argentina, Carlos Menem, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, debt, Domingo Cavallo, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Jorge Rafael Videla, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Juan Domingo Perón, Mauricio Macri, neoliberalism, P2, Propaganda Due, World Bank
Argentina has constantly been trapped over two centuries in unpayable external debt owed to foreign imperial powers. This affects the everyday life of everyone: inflation, salaries, employment, public services, elections. Here is a brief history of the deuda. The deuda (“debt” in Spanish) is one of the most persistent...
Write an article about: West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural diversity at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the esse...
democracy, General Assembly, human rights, mercenaries, sanctions, unilateral coercive measures, United Nations
The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions). Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated b...
Write an article about: Brazil’s ex-president Dilma Rousseff: US-China conflict is neoliberalism vs socialism. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context ...
Brazil, BRICS, China, Dilma Rousseff, economics, neoliberalism, Russia, Ukraine
Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff analyzes the US-China conflict as “a rivalry of two systems,” a struggle between neoliberalism and socialism. Condemning US sanctions and “dollar hegemony,” she called for Latin America “to break with the Monroe Doctrine.” Brazil’s former president Dilma Rousseff has condemned...
Write an article about: Ukraine’s neoliberalism on steroids, Europe’s economic suicide. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, Mick Dunford, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Mick Dunford analyze the conflict in Ukraine, discussing the aggressive neoliberal reforms being imposed by the Ukrainian government and Europe’s suicidal policies. To analyze the conflict in Ukraine, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are join...
Write an article about: Economist Michael Hudson on inflation and Fed plan to cut wages: A depression is coming. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and contex...
BRICS, China, Fed, Federal Reserve, inflation, Jerome Powell, Larry Summers, Michael Hudson, multipolarity, Russia, unemployment
Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and US Federal Reserve’s “austerity program to reduce wages” and boost unemployment. He warns a “long depression” is coming, due to the new cold war on Russia and China. Economist Michael Hudson explains the inflation crisis and the US Federal Reserve’s “austerity...
Write an article about: China builds global alternative as US-led financial order decays. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
capitalism, China, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, Mick Dunford, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai, Russia, socialism, Ukraine
An analysis of how China is building a global economic alternative, while the US-led neoliberal financial order decays. To analyze how China is building a global alternative as the US-led neoliberal financial order decays, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dun...
Write an article about: Real debt trap: Sri Lanka owes vast majority to West, not China. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
China, debt, IMF, India, International Monetary Fund, Japan, neoliberalism, Sri Lanka, World Bank
Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary “Chinese debt traps” for the nation’s crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. (Se puede leer este informe en español aquí....
Write an article about: BRICS or NATO? G20 or G77? Summits debate rapidly changing world order. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
BRICS, China, G20, G77, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, NATO, Pepe Escobar, Radhika Desai, Russia
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss the rapidly changing world order at a time of summits of BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly. In their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, hosts Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geo...
Write an article about: What is China’s future? Economic decline, or the next industrial revolution?. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these ...
banks, capitalism, China, debt, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Japan, Michael Hudson, Mick Dunford, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai, real estate, socialism
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss what is actually happening in China’s economy, explaining its technological development and transition toward a new industrial revolution. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined b...
Write an article about: The rise of US dollar imperialism, and why it failed – with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and con...
de-dollarization, dollar, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the end of the British empire’s sterling area with the rise of the US dollar system, its central role in imperialism, and why it ultimately failed. In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the end...
Write an article about: Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy, by Radhika Desai. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tag...
capitalism, Radhika Desai
Economist Radhika Desai discusses her book “Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy”. A free PDF copy is available, in addition to a video series and podcast. Economist Radhika Desai has produced a series based on her 2023 book “Capitalism, Coronavirus and War A Geopolitical Economy”. Desai is a profes...
Write an article about: Why does the US support Israel? A geopolitical analysis with economist Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context ...
Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Israel, Michael Hudson, Middle East, oil, Saudi Arabia, West Asia
A geopolitical analysis of why the United States so strongly supports Israel: Economist Michael Hudson discusses with journalist Ben Norton. Why does the United States so strongly support Israel? Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton interviewed economist Michael Hudson to explore the reasons why Israel is suc...
Write an article about: Latin America’s plan to challenge US dollar with new currency and ‘regional financial architecture’. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
ALBA, Andrés Arauz, Argentina, Banco del Sur, Bank of the South, Bolivia, Brazil, dollar, Ecuador, Latin America, Lula da Silva, Mexico, Rafael Correa, Sucre, Sur, UNASUR, Venezuela
Advising Brazil’s President-elect Lula, Ecuadorian economist and leftist presidential candidate Andrés Arauz made a blueprint for a “new regional financial architecture” to unite Latin America, including an international currency to challenge the hegemony of the US dollar and IMF. (Se puede leer esta nota en español a...
Write an article about: Western sanctions failing: EU imports more Russian gas, China beats US tech war. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of the...
China, gas, Huawei, LNG, oil, Russia, sanctions, SMIC
Western sanctions are backfiring: The EU is importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China is making high-tech chips despite US export restrictions. Western sanctions are backfiring: The European Union is now importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China has made high-tech br...
Write an article about: After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tag...
China, Link 16, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine
Washington approved the dangerous sale of the Link 16 communications system to Taiwan. This is the final link of what the US military calls a “transnational coalition kill chain” against China, and signals a commitment to kinetic war. In many traditions, when you paint or sculpt a Buddha, the eyes are the very last to...
Write an article about: IMF warns of ‘wave of debt crises’ coming in Global South, with war, interest rate hikes, overvalued dollar. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect th...
dollar, IMF, inflation, interest, International Monetary Fund, neoliberalism, Paul Volcker, Radhika Desai
The IMF said a “wave of debt crises” may be coming in the Global South, and “the global economy is headed for stormy waters,” due to war, rising US interest rates, and many currencies depreciating against the dollar. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said a “wave of debt crises” may be coming in the Global Sou...
Write an article about: Russia dropping US dollar for Chinese yuan – and fast. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
China, de-dollarization, dollar, economics, renminbi, Russia, trade, yuan
In response to Western sanctions, Russia’s central bank is dropping the US dollar and will buy Chinese yuan on the foreign exchange market. The yuan’s share of Moscow’s currency trading increased from 1% to 40-45% in 2022, while dollar trade halved from 80% to 40%. (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) Russia has...
Write an article about: As millions died in Covid pandemic, bankers made a killing. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
banks, Covid-19, economics, Fed, Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Michael Hudson, Morgan Stanley, pandemic, Wall Street
As the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through society, the US government abandoned its people—but made sure Wall Street banks enjoyed “their best period since the 2007-09 financial crisis.” Capitalists made $5 trillion More than 5.55 million people around the world have died from Covid-19. In the United States alone, at lea...
Write an article about: US ‘neo-imperialist’ dollar scheme explained by economist Yanis Varoufakis. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these ta...
capitalism, dollar, imperialism, neoliberalism, Yanis Varoufakis
Greece’s former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis explains the US system of “neo-imperialism” based on the dollar, an “IOU issued by the hegemon”, which finances a huge trade deficit by letting foreign capitalists “extract colossal surplus value from their workers and then stash it away in America’s rentier economy”. ...
Write an article about: BRICS bloc is adding members, planning new currency to challenge US dollar. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these ta...
Brazil, BRICS, dollar, G7, India, Ma Zhaoxu, S Jaishankar, South Africa, Venezuela
Foreign ministers from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) met to discuss expanding the Global South-led bloc and creating a new global reserve currency to challenge the US dollar. (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is expandin...
Write an article about: China is ‘world’s sole manufacturing superpower’, with 35% of global output. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these t...
CEPR, China, de-industrialization, industrialization, manufacturing, Richard Baldwin
China’s state-led economic development model and robust industrial policy has transformed it into what an influential European think tank calls “the world’s sole manufacturing superpower”, making up 35% of global gross production – more than the 9 next largest manufacturers combined. China has overseen world-historic ...
Write an article about: Imperialism: How the struggle of both classes and nations creates our world. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these t...
BRICS, capitalism, colonialism, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, imperialism, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain how imperialism is a product not only of the struggle between classes but also nations. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain how imperialism is a product not only of the struggle between classes but also nations, and how the framewo...
Write an article about: Exaggerating China’s military spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical rules with misleading graph. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the e...
China, military-industrial complex, Pentagon, St. Louis Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the US. In reality, the Pentagon’s budget is roughly three times larger. In an attempt to grossly exaggerate China’s defense spending, and simultaneously downplay the US military ...
Write an article about: BRICS New Development Bank de-dollarizing, adding Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe as members. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and...
Argentina, Brazil, BRICS, Dilma Rousseff, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe
The BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank, an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and adding new members: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and Zimbabwe. The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is expanding, and building a new economic archit...
Write an article about: Did the debt ceiling deal really save the US from bankruptcy?. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
debt, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Roberts, Radhika Desai
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Roberts discuss the US debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and the Republican opposition, and what it means for the future of the economy. Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Roberts discuss the US debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and the Republican op...
Write an article about: NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman’s dollar defense. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essen...
Charles Kindleberger, de-dollarization, dollar, hyperinflation, inflation, media, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, New York Times, Nobel Prize, Paul Krugman
Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system. In this conversation with Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton, economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading...
Write an article about: A new Third World debt crisis? The need for system change. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Ann Pettifor, debt, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, inflation, interest, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the urgent need for forgiveness and system change. Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss the growing debt crisis in the Global South and the urgent need fo...
Write an article about: Is neoliberalism really dead? Or does it live on like a zombie?. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss neoliberalism, and the premature predictions about the demise of the free-market fundamentalist ideology. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss neoliberalism, and the premature predictions about the demise of the free-market fundamen...
Write an article about: ‘Oil war’: How US and Saudi crashed crude prices to hurt Russia, Iran, Venezuela in 2014. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and conte...
Iran, John Kerry, oil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
In a 2014 “oil war,” the US pressured Saudi Arabia to overproduce crude and intentionally crash prices on the global market, in order to hurt the export-reliant economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela. The United States and Saudi Arabia waged a very important yet little-known “oil war” in 2014, which had huge geopoli...
Write an article about: Anti-China hawks’ drive to expand NATO into Asia may destroy Western military alliance. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context...
China, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, NATO, Pepe Escobar, Radhika Desai, Russia, Ukraine
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how the war hawks’ drive to expand NATO into Asia to contain China may destroy the Western military alliance. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Es...
Write an article about: Oil as a geopolitical weapon: US hegemony, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, and the petrodollar. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of ...
Aaron Good, inflation, interest, oil, OPEC, Paul Volcker, Saudi Arabia
Multipolarista host Ben Norton and historian Aaron Good discuss how oil is used as a geopolitical weapon, analyzing the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Saudi-US alliance, petrodollar, Nixon shock and Volcker shock, and Washington-orchestrated 2014 oil crash. Multipolarista host Ben Norton is joined by historian Aaron Good to d...
Write an article about: BRICS expanding into economic powerhouse: Petrodollar under threat. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Argentina, Bandung Conference, Brazil, BRICS, China, Cuba, Cyril Ramaphosa, Javier Milei, Lula da Silva, Patricia Bullrich, South Africa, Xi Jinping
In its South Africa summit, BRICS invited six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The bloc now represents 37% of global GDP (PPP), 40% of global oil production, and roughly 1/3rd of global gas production, challenging the US petrodollar system. In its summit in Johannesburg, South ...
Write an article about: Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, super imperialism, China, Russia, de-dollarization. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
China, de-dollarization, dollar, economics, Great Reset, IMF, Michael Hudson, Russia, World Bank
Economist Michael Hudson discusses US “Super Imperialism,” the new cold war on China and Russia, the Joe Biden administration, and dedollarization. In this extended interview, renowned economist Michael Hudson discusses his concept of US “Super Imperialism,” the new cold war on China and Russia, the Joe Biden administ...
Write an article about: China reaffirms ‘rock solid’ friendship with Russia, deepens economic integration amid Western sanctions. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the e...
China, EU, European Union, Mir, Russia, sanctions, SWIFT, Ukraine, UnionPay, Wang Yi, Zhao Lijian
While the US and EU isolate Moscow over Ukraine, China is strengthening its alliance with Russia, calling it its “most important strategic partner.” In response to Western sanctions, Russian banks are moving to a Chinese payment system, and the Eurasian economies are integrating closer together. (Se puede leer este ar...
Write an article about: Economic solutions: How to go from financialized neoliberalism to a productive, sustainable economy. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
banks, debt, finance, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, money, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss realistic alternatives to the neoliberal model of financialization, and tangible policies to build a productive, sustainable economy. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss realistic alternatives to the neoliberal model of financializ...
Write an article about: 4 US banks crash in 2 months: Banking crisis explained by economist Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of ...
banks, First Republic Bank, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the collapse of four US banks in two months, giant JP Morgan Chase taking over First Republic Bank, and how government regulators are in bed with the bankers. Economist Michael Hudson joins Geopolitical Economy Report Ben Norton to discuss the collapse of four US banks in two months,...
Write an article about: ‘World becoming more multipolar’, Western hegemony declining, admits European Central Bank. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and con...
Christine Lagarde, dollar, economics, EU, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, IMF, imperialism, Janet Yellen, Josep Borrell, Radhika Desai
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde acknowledged “the tectonic plates of geopolitics are shifting faster” and “we may see the world becoming more multipolar”, with the decline of US dollar hegemony, war in Ukraine, and rise of China. (Se puede leer este artículo en español aquí.) The president of the Eur...
Write an article about: Economist Michael Hudson on decline of dollar, sanctions war, imperialism, financial parasitism. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence an...
capitalism, China, dollar, economics, India, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, podcast, ruble, Russia, socialism, yuan
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the US dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of “free-trade imperialism,” and financial parasitism. In this interview with Geopolitical Economy Report editor Benjamin Norton, economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the US dollar, the sanctions war ...
Write an article about: De-dollarization is about more than currencies: As dollar system declines, what comes next?. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and co...
banks, capitalism, de-dollarization, dollar, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, imperialism, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss de-dollarization, the global drive to drop the US dollar, and the transition away from financialized neoliberalism toward a new economic system. In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss de-dollarization, the...
Write an article about: US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of t...
David Sacks, Elon Musk, Fed, Federal Reserve, inflation, Jerome Powell, PayPal Mafia, Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB
The US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank’s deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB’s loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms. The US...
Write an article about: US bank bailout benefited billionaires, exposing corruption: ‘I understand why Americans are angry’. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
Barney Frank, David Sacks, Elizabeth Warren, FDIC, Fed, Federal Reserve, inflation, interest, Martin Gruenberg, Michael Hudson, Peter Thiel, Sherrod Brown, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB, Wall Street, Wall Street on Parade
Before it collapsed and its billionaire depositors were bailed out by the US government, Silicon Valley Bank successfully lobbied Congress to remove regulations on it. A senator admitted, “I understand why Americans are angry, even disgusted”. When current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen served as chair of the Fede...
Write an article about: Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority – Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the...
dollar, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai, Russia, sanctions, trade, Ukraine
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic transition away from the neoliberal West and integration with what it calls the “World Majority” in the Global South. In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss Russia’s economic t...
Write an article about: China ‘counters US dollar hegemony’ with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and cont...
Alberto Fernández, Argentina, Brazil, China, currency swap, de-dollarization, gold, Lula da Silva
Advancing global de-dollarization, China’s central bank is boosting its gold reserves while signing currency swap deals in yuan with countries like Argentina, encouraging the use of renminbi instead of US dollars. China’s central bank has taken a series of steps to accelerate the global drive toward de-dollarization, ...
Write an article about: Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with economist Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and cont...
China, dollar, imperialism, Michael Hudson, Russia
Economist Michael Hudson discusses his book “Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire” and the financial motivations behind the US new cold war on China and Russia. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the update of his book “Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire” and the financi...
Write an article about: The debt explosion: How neoliberalism fuels debt crises. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
debt, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the massive explosion of debt in the US and around the world, and how neoliberal economics leads to large bubbles based on speculation and asset-price inflation. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the massive explosion of debt in ...
Write an article about: US now world’s top LNG exporter, as Europe boycotts cheaper Russian gas. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
energy, Europe, gas, LNG, Russia, Ukraine
The USA has rapidly become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), tied with Qatar. Europe replaced Asia as the top market for US LNG in 2022, boycotting cheaper Russian energy over the proxy war in Ukraine. The United States has rapidly become the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas...
Write an article about: British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and contex...
Britain, capitalism, colonialism, famine, fascism, genocide, India, Shashi Tharoor, UK, United Kingdom, Utsa Patnaik, Winston Churchill
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism. British colonialism caused at leas...
Write an article about: Understanding money and the dollar system’s contradictions with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and...
capitalism, de-dollarization, debt, dollar, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Michael Hudson, money, Radhika Desai
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the relations between money and debt, their role in imperialism, and the rise of the US dollar system. Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain the relations between money and debt, their role in imperialism, and the rise of the US dollar system, in this e...
Write an article about: US covid ‘bailout’ is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall Street: Economist Michael Hudson explains. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
CARES Act, Covid-19, Donald Trump, economics, Michael Hudson, Steven Mnuchin, Treasury
Economist Michael Hudson says the US Congress’ CARES Act is not a Covid-19 pandemic bailout for the people, but a $6 trillion giveaway to Wall Street, banks, and stockholders. Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Congress rammed through the CARES Act — which economist Michael Hudson explains is not a “bailout” but a m...
Write an article about: Richest 1% took 2/3rds of global wealth since 2020 – twice as much as 99% of population earned. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and...
inequality, Oxfam, poverty, taxes
In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world’s population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth – six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. And while billionaires get richer, global poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns. In the past decade, the richest 1% of people on Earth sucked up ha...
Write an article about: West’s neoliberal ‘age of abundance’ is over, as war and sanctions boomerang home. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of t...
capitalism, China, economics, Emmanuel Macron, France, neoliberalism, podcast, Russia
France’s President Macron warned of the end of “an era of abundance.” Western wars and sanctions are boomeranging back at home. The neoliberal phase of capitalism is collapsing, having lost cheap Russian energy and cheap labor and consumer goods from China, and with regime-change ops failing. France’s President Emmanu...
Write an article about: Most important stories of 2023: Gaza, Ukraine, China, BRICS, dedollarization, bank crises, inflation. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essen...
Argentina, Brazil, BRICS, China, crypto, de-dollarization, debt, dollar, Donald Trump, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fed, Federal Reserve, Gaza, Gina Raimondo, Imran Khan, India, interest, Iran, Israel, Janet Yellen, Javier Milei, Jerome Powell, Joe Biden, Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi, Pakistan, Pedro Castillo, Peru, Russia, Sam Ba...
These were the most important geopolitical and economic issues of 2023, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, US-China tensions, BRICS expansion, growing de-dollarization, inflation crisis, crypto fraud, bank crashes, European de-industrialization, and more. These were the most important geopolitical and economic is...
Write an article about: Michael Hudson: Why the US bank crisis is not over. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
banks, bonds, Fed, Federal Reserve, interest, Jerome Powell, Michael Hudson, MMT, Silicon Valley Bank, SVB, treasury bonds
Economist Michael Hudson argues banks like Silicon Valley Bank have behaved in a selfish and greedy way, yet get de facto US government bailouts, while regulatory capture and campaign contributions prevent the systemic change needed to stop these crises. Economist Michael Hudson, co-host of the program Geopolitical Ec...
Write an article about: How Western sanctions blow back, hurting Europe, deepening Asian integration. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these ...
Angela Merkel, ASEAN, China, dollar, energy, France, Francois Hollande, Germany, gold, Nord Stream, RCEP, Russia, sanctions, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, technology, Ukraine
Western sanctions led Russia to greatly increase trade with Asia, while devastating Europe’s economy. The US tech war against China is damaging its own industry. Economic coercion, through the imposition of sanctions, is an act of war. Many of these sanctions have caused hardship, especially for the civilian populatio...
Write an article about: How could a BRICS+ bank and settlement currency work? Economist Michael Hudson explains. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and contex...
bancor, BRICS, de-dollarization, dollar, John Maynard Keynes, Michael Hudson, Vladimir Putin
Economist Michael Hudson details how BRICS could create a mutual settlement currency for payment imbalances among central banks and build an alternative to the financialized neoliberal model of the dollar/NATO bloc. This first week of October has seen U.S. interest rates soar to the 5% level on long-term Treasury bond...
Write an article about: BRICS+ and the future of the international order. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Brazil, BRICS, China
A new kind of globalization is being born, and the political future of the BRICS+ and the Global South in general depends greatly on China. The emergence and rise of new poles of power to the detriment of existing ones is nothing new in history. Since the 18th century, there have been countless examples of transitions...
Write an article about: Despite Biden’s claims, Gaza health ministry death toll is accurate, scientific studies show. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
Gaza, Israel, Palestine, The Lancet
US President Biden criticized Gaza’s health ministry, but its statistics on Israel’s killings of Palestinians are accurate, according to peer-reviewed articles in top medical journal The Lancet. The death toll of Israel’s war on Gaza reported by the Palestinian health ministry is accurate, according to two peer-review...
Write an article about: Inside Russia: Economists describe impact of Western sanctions and Ukraine war. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of thes...
Alan Freeman, economics, neoliberalism, Radhika Desai, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine
From inside Russia, economists Radhika Desai and Alan Freeman report on the impact of Western sanctions and the Ukraine war. They discuss Moscow’s integration with Asia and move away from neoliberal economics. Economists Radhika Desai and Alan Freeman of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group traveled to Russia to pa...
Write an article about: Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
Christianity, debt, Greece, history, Michael Hudson, religion, Roman empire, Rome
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the origin of Western debt-based societies and the research in his book “The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point”. Economist Michael Hudson discusses the origins of Western debt-based societies, based on the research in his book “The Coll...
Write an article about: Why 3 US banks collapsed in 1 week: Economist Michael Hudson explains. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
banks, crypto, cryptocurrency, Michael Hudson, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate
Economist Michael Hudson analyzes the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signature Bank, explaining the similarities to the 2008 financial crash and the US government bailout (which it is not calling a bailout). Economist Michael Hudson analyzes the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate, and Signat...
Write an article about: The reality of Bidenomics: How good was Biden for the economy?. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, Joe Biden, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the rhetoric and reality of Bidenomics, and how good US President Joe Biden really was for the economy. Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the rhetoric and reality of Bidenomics, and how good US President Joe Biden really was for ...
Write an article about: EU confesses ‘our prosperity was based on China & Russia’: cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essenc...
China, EU, European Union, Josep Borrell, neoliberalism, Russia
EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell confessed the West’s neoliberal economic model was “based on cheap energy coming from Russia,” “access to the big China market,” and low-paid Chinese workers. Europe has now lost that, and is thus in crisis. The West’s economic prosperity following the end of the first cold war in...
Write an article about: Sanctions ‘undermine hegemony of dollar’, US Treasury admits. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
Brazil, China, CNN, de-dollarization, dollar, Fareed Zakaria, Iran, Janet Yellen, Russia, sanctions, SWIFT, Treasury
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted to CNN that Washington’s unilateral sanctions on countries around the world “could undermine the hegemony of the dollar”. The secretary of the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, has admitted that Washington’s imposition of unilateral sanctions on countries around the world could wea...
Write an article about: Inside Latin America’s new currency plan, with Ecuador’s presidential candidate Andrés Arauz. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and c...
Alberto Fernández, Andrés Arauz, Argentina, Brazil, Bretton Woods, BRICS, Ecuador, Latin America, Lula da Silva, Rafael Correa, Sur, Zoltan Pozsar
Ecuadorian economist and former presidential candidate Andrés Arauz explains Latin America’s attempt to create a new currency and regional financial architecture, to challenge the “hegemonic, neo-colonial” US dollar-dominated system. Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton spoke with Ecuadorian economist Andrés ...
Write an article about: Did big banks take over US Treasury? Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson discuss banking crisis. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and con...
banks, economics, Federal Reserve, Geopolitical Economy Hour, inflation, interest, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai, Silicon Valley Bank
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the US banking crisis and the effective privatization of the Treasury in this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour. Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the US banking crisis and the effective privatization of the Treasury in this episode...
Write an article about: Michael Hudson: Why the US banking system is breaking up. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of these tags.
banks, crypto, cryptocurrency, derivatives, economics, inflation, interest, Jerome Powell, JPMorgan Chase, Paul Volcker, quantitative easing, S&L, Sam Bankman-Fried, Treasury
Economist Michael Hudson responds to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate, and explains the similarities with the 2008 financial crash and the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. The California-based, cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank collapsed on March 8. Two days later, Silicon Valley Bank went ...
Write an article about: Dollar system’s contradictions after de-linking from gold, with Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and...
de-dollarization, dollar, economics, Geopolitical Economy Hour, gold, Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the evolution of the US dollar system after it was taken off the gold standard in 1971. In this episode of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour, Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the evolution of the US dollar system after it was taken off the gold standard...
Write an article about: BRICS challenges US ‘dollar dominance’, Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: New multipolar economic order. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should...
Arab League, BRICS, China, de-dollarization, dollar, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, multipolarity, oil, petrodollar, renminbi, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Xi Jinping, yuan, Zoltan Pozsar
BRICS is “developing a fairer system of monetary exchange” to challenge the “dominance of the dollar”, South Africa revealed. Saudi Arabia is considering selling oil in other currencies. Economist Zoltan Pozsar says the US “unipolar era” is over. The international economic system had been dominated for decades by the ...
Write an article about: What is really causing inflation? Neoliberal financialization decimated productive capacity. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and co...
finance, financialization, inflation, neoliberalism
Both inflation hawks and doves miss the elephant in the room: Neoliberal policies of financialization raised the value of housing and commodities while allowing the rich to maintain their spending at inflated prices. (This article was first published at the New Left Review.) Geopolitical economist Radhika Desai discus...
Write an article about: Colonialism or sovereignty? How the global financial system traps countries in debt. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and context of...
Ann Pettifor, colonialism, debt, Geopolitical Economy Hour, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Michael Hudson, neocolonialism, Ukraine, World Bank
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order. Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global Sou...
Write an article about: IMF admits US dollar hegemony declining, due to rise of Chinese yuan, sanctions on Russia. Use the themes and topics represented by the tags provided as guidance for the content. It's not necessary to include the exact tag words in the article, but the article should reflect the essence and cont...
dollar, economics, IMF, International Monetary Fund
The US-dominated International Monetary Fund warns of an “erosion of dollar dominance,” noting use of Chinese yuan in global central bank reserves is increasing, while Western sanctions on Russia could strengthen other currencies. The US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged that the hegemony of...