Dr Michael Hudson on the Banksters and Kleptocrats

According to Dr Hudson the rulers in antiquity knew more about dealing with financial crises than our economic 'experts' do today. Left to our own rulers what is being created is an oppressive international kleptocracy on neo-feudal lines.

The Financial Barbarians at the Gate
With financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson

Europe; worsening financial situation and indebtedness; the history of banking and the criminalization of the banking system; tax policy; real estate asset inflation; US imperialism via the monetary system; neoliberal/neofeudal economics; classical political economy; finance capital breaking away from industrial capital; the financial crisis leading to a political crisis; similarities with the Roman Republic; what measures labor should take.

Guns and Butter - April 15, 2009 at 1:00pm

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