Days of Revolt: How We Got to Junk Economics

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  • In this episode of teleSUR's Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews economist Michael Hudson on the history of classical economics and explores Marx’s interpretation of capitalism as exploitation
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Komentáře • 364

  • @loudvisions9156
    @loudvisions9156 Před 3 lety +16

    This video is unbelievably eye opening! Thank you! It’s 2021 and the masses are still asleep. Chris Hedges is a Hero.

  • @renegadeeconomist
    @renegadeeconomist Před 8 lety +134

    Fine work gentlemen. Mr Hudson is one of the best in the world.

  • @Ckomon
    @Ckomon Před 8 lety +32

    This is the most articulate and holistic explanation of the current state of the economy.

  • @4tech69
    @4tech69 Před 8 lety +74

    Fantastic interview.

    • @OscarOliverah
      @OscarOliverah Před 8 lety +5

      Of Course. That is correct. Standing in the shoulders of giants.

    • @4tech69
      @4tech69 Před 8 lety +3

      +Oscar Olivera Standing on. Standing on The shoulders of Giants.

  • @hategreedrevolutionary6594
    @hategreedrevolutionary6594 Před 8 lety +18

    Thank you so much for sharing this. Chris Hedges is one of our GREATEST, MOST COURAGEOUS Americans. Every American should read his books and hear his speeches. This interview with Mr. Hudson is another example of greatness. Americans, wake up and listen! Our demise is certain, because of vast American IGNORANCE.

    • @soniarolak
      @soniarolak Před rokem +2

      Not only Americans, all this applies to global economy.

  • @pabloseykata6930
    @pabloseykata6930 Před 8 lety +131

    It shouldn't be called "junk economics". It should be called Looting Economics. Most of the advocates of neo-liberal Economics know FULL WELL that what they promote benefits the wealthiest people or Institutions.

    • @donaldwymer2791
      @donaldwymer2791 Před 7 lety +4

      Pablo Seykata " the devil comes to lie, steal and destroy." Jesus Christ- 1$# century Martyr and anti-pharisee truth teacher.

    • @slyhorse1
      @slyhorse1 Před 6 lety +1

      Jesus loves you. whether you know him or not.

    • @jjayneartworkx
      @jjayneartworkx Před 6 lety +3

      Pablo Seykata aka...parasitic economics.

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty Před 4 lety +1

      Or just the way of the world. Why would some entity with no power have the ability to gain more power? No, it's only natural for those with the power to actually have the power to gain more power. What's unnatural is to think you should be able to break that order.

    • @slyhorse1
      @slyhorse1 Před 4 lety +1

      fyi:
      J is for Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception by Michael Hudson 2017.

  • @nicholasdarraugh7626
    @nicholasdarraugh7626 Před 8 lety +15

    Chris, how I wish you hadn't cut him off upon the notion of state [socialism/capitalism] and Engels' take on it! Esp. respective to the time we're in now! It can add considerably to our timely discourse, and I hope we'll enjoy a second part including this issue, very soon! Thank you, truely magnificent!

  • @lawsonj39
    @lawsonj39 Před 5 lety +5

    This is a good format for Michael Hudson. When he's talking on his own, he tends to rattle off a lot of ideas that get hard to follow; it helps to have Chris Hedges there to get him back on track from time to time.

  • @toyajackson556
    @toyajackson556 Před 3 lety +4

    What an amazing guest, he explained everything so well in layman's terms

  • @TheJooberjones
    @TheJooberjones Před 7 lety +13

    Perhaps the most important video someone in the world today can watch. Thanks so much Michael and Chris.

  • @kirstinstrand6292
    @kirstinstrand6292 Před 5 lety +2

    This is one of my favorites. Two wonderful men who are still gathering momentum with new books and very recent interviews. This video is from 2016! Educational background is important.

  • @philipmann5317
    @philipmann5317 Před 6 lety +2

    The guy speaks so clearly, he is so easy to understand. Look at his bio, the times he got hired because he had given a lecture and was offered a position on the spot.

  • @johnnyr25
    @johnnyr25 Před 8 lety +29

    great. looking forward to part two.

    • @uptoit100
      @uptoit100 Před 8 lety +5

      +johnnyr25 I just saw part 2 and it is great. Bernie Sanders has done a lot to unify the 99% by informing them of the truth on Washinton money politics and Wall Street billionaires in bed together.

    • @AuntGen
      @AuntGen Před 8 lety +3

      +Gerald Comeau He's one of the few Democrats who voted to have the Federal Reserve Audited. It was brought forward by Rand Paul and Ted Cruz was conveniantly was out of town that day and its what Trump has been warning everyone about. Trump 2016

    • @chiparoo222
      @chiparoo222 Před 8 lety

      +johnnyr25 ... you'll see it UNLESS the collapse happens before. That's the horrific REALITY. Can you handle that horrific REALITY ?

  • @HybridHalfie
    @HybridHalfie Před 8 lety +28

    Both of these men are so smart. I learned a lot from this interview. Loved the idea of "inverted totalitarianism." I had no idea how much we diverted from classical economics. Adam Smith would be rolling in his grave if he saw the state of the world today.

  • @troyanderson7851
    @troyanderson7851 Před 7 lety +3

    Thank you for your contributions Mr. Hedges.

  • @ludvigborga3676
    @ludvigborga3676 Před 3 měsíci

    It's mind-boggling that this channel doesn't have millions of subscribers.

  • @GabrielCastellarTV
    @GabrielCastellarTV Před 8 lety +19

    Great program!

  • @greenenergy5481
    @greenenergy5481 Před 6 lety +5

    No More War

  • @abolic
    @abolic Před 8 lety +3

    the intro song is so goddamn amazing and powerfull , thanks for the serie , chris hedges I saw every episode!!!

  • @thomasscottpersing9641
    @thomasscottpersing9641 Před 8 lety +8

    Outstanding analysis!

  • @puddyvalentine
    @puddyvalentine Před 5 lety +3

    I'm going to have to listen to this again, so that more stays in :)

  • @EclecticSceptic
    @EclecticSceptic Před 3 lety +1

    Michael Hudson is a jewel - listen keenly!

  • @pjamesbda
    @pjamesbda Před 8 lety +1

    Phenomenal! Thanks Chris, Michael knows what he speaks of. Pure and simple. The truth is like that. It's elusive in a crowd, and hard to find, but in solitude it is obvious and simple.

  • @ewalker1057
    @ewalker1057 Před 5 lety +2

    Willy Smith singing about the same financial terrorism discussed here. My parents sold a home and they carried the mortgage. There was no bank involved. Tought us not to get in debt. We were to do without until we had enough cash to purchase. Great interview. Please let him finish what he is saying.

  • @darkhorse21xx
    @darkhorse21xx Před 8 lety +5

    Great interview, Thanks Michael and Chris

  • @Chris-xc1tm
    @Chris-xc1tm Před 8 lety +6

    Rentier is my new favourite word!

  • @Pinstripe6666
    @Pinstripe6666 Před 8 lety +5

    Great interview thank you.

  • @weweebert
    @weweebert Před 8 lety +2

    what a wonderful interview

  • @DREAMYLEE
    @DREAMYLEE Před 7 lety +1

    This man is very intelligent & certainly knows what he's talking about. It'll all the interviewer can do but look, & listen.

  • @raphaelbernard7954
    @raphaelbernard7954 Před 7 lety +1

    Wonderful interview both great thinkers and people

  • @patriceortovent3337
    @patriceortovent3337 Před 3 lety

    Keep learning people, at the end we will have action, not reaction from the people at large as it should be. Micheal Hudson is a living treasure, let’s not time pass without learning the essential of what he generously share out of his exceptional experience during a long life already. Thanks for the broadcast of such discussion.

  • @itzenormous
    @itzenormous Před 8 lety +16

    WHO are the people that "Dislike" these videos?? SMH

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher Před 8 lety +6

      +Giles Cox People who can't handle the truth.

    • @davedane7067
      @davedane7067 Před 8 lety +6

      +Giles Cox Hillary paid operatives....

    • @itzenormous
      @itzenormous Před 8 lety +4

      There IS such a thing, it's called "Correct The Record." I've encountered a few people in online arguments whom I suspected of being paid shills. They usually have no argument, they just start name-calling. Kinda like Republicans.

    • @captaintaiyaki4879
      @captaintaiyaki4879 Před 7 lety +6

      Neoliberals

    • @gfarrell80
      @gfarrell80 Před 4 lety +1

      Aynn Rand readers.

  • @M.M.Alam.Liberty
    @M.M.Alam.Liberty Před rokem

    Brilliant Scholar of this Century - Economist Michael Hudson.

  • @softwine2002
    @softwine2002 Před 7 lety +1

    Amazing! I just ordered this book. Can't wait to read it! I am going to recommend my local library to buy this book.

  • @mathewthomas6743
    @mathewthomas6743 Před 8 lety +4

    Fantastic. Good to see Professor Hudson officially endorsed Bernie Sanders' plan for a $15.00 Federal minimum wage.

  • @lalakuma9
    @lalakuma9 Před 5 lety +2

    Kind of going on a tangent here, but I didn't realize that Adam Smith was a pretty alright dude.

  • @TooBadToBeAway1
    @TooBadToBeAway1 Před 7 lety +3

    Michael Hudson is brilliant, as usual. Chris Hedges needs to study more economics, especially Marx. His questions were wooden, sometimes off the point, and quite juvenile. I really don't know why he's so highly rated.

  • @bradfordtownsend9698
    @bradfordtownsend9698 Před 7 lety +2

    I love you guys. Their billions of people of good will in the global community.

  • @qibble455
    @qibble455 Před 5 lety +1

    Great work Well presented. 10/10

  • @oneeyedmonster9827
    @oneeyedmonster9827 Před 7 lety

    GREAT interview!!!

  • @uwo7130
    @uwo7130 Před 8 lety

    superb. thank you both.

  • @annb1078
    @annb1078 Před 5 lety

    This is very interesting. An interesting feature of the late 19th cent is that the international monetary system was not actually just the 'gold system', but also rested very heavily on the high quality German financial assets held and traded, which formed a substantial proportion of the monetary base at the time.

  • @33Crazydude
    @33Crazydude Před 8 lety

    Fantastic Interview

  • @fitnessbusinesssuccess7177

    92% of profits spent on buybacks

  • @leehumphries7696
    @leehumphries7696 Před 9 měsíci +1

    "People are saying the economy is growing. But the economy isn't growing (because it's not reinvested?), that's right - it's not production, it's not consumption - the wealth of the 1% is obtained by essentially lending money to the 99% and then charging interest on it and recycling this interest at a expentionally growing rate"

  • @cristianoisabel5585
    @cristianoisabel5585 Před 3 lety

    excellent explanations

  • @geoffreynhill2833
    @geoffreynhill2833 Před rokem +1

    Yes, we need an Economics that everyone can understand, not just 1% 🌈🦉(Two good blokes here!)

  • @sholehdalai
    @sholehdalai Před rokem

    Thank you!

  • @Smith34567
    @Smith34567 Před 7 lety +2

    Great interview , Michael Hudson is brilliant.

  • @adelchidipalma9857
    @adelchidipalma9857 Před 5 lety +2

    Once you remove interest charges on the issue of new amount of money as a means of exchange then debts are real and its virtually impossible for Junk Economic to triumph.

  • @ambruskiss4492
    @ambruskiss4492 Před 4 lety +1

    "What happened to the study of economics so that it became gamed by ideologues?" I couldn't come up with a better opening question for an interview with an openly and proudly marxist economist.

  • @magicdaveable
    @magicdaveable Před 6 lety

    Excellent Video.

  • @MaartenFlikweert
    @MaartenFlikweert Před 5 lety

    a good explanation of the abstract concept of "productivity"in economy

  • @ddscarlson
    @ddscarlson Před 7 lety +1

    Breath of fresh air...freeing!

  • @craighart8356
    @craighart8356 Před 7 lety +31

    Micheal Hudson should be appointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

    • @adelchidipalma9857
      @adelchidipalma9857 Před 5 lety +6

      this is like asking Michael to work for a criminal organization

  • @bobedwards2319
    @bobedwards2319 Před 8 lety +1

    Loved it! Explains why they sold the idea that inflated stock price is the fiduciary duty Of the CEO's and corporate boards. It's why money has nothing to do with deserve.

  • @WestCoastFlavour
    @WestCoastFlavour Před 7 lety

    this is a particularly good interview by Chris, as he bring up Bizmark, and the German industrialization, that came about by the revolution in financing the industrial development versus the status quo of land owners. However, they don't get into Alexander Hamilton being the model of this.

  • @qbnj806
    @qbnj806 Před 7 lety

    love this dude

  • @Jensth
    @Jensth Před rokem

    Brilliant!

  • @zabzec1500
    @zabzec1500 Před 8 lety +4

    its about time to use the power of democracy to reform the financial system and its power brokers. #StillSanders

  • @kaisersoymilk6912
    @kaisersoymilk6912 Před 5 lety

    Can somebody tell me the title of the second part of this video?

  • @LoveNeverFails81818
    @LoveNeverFails81818 Před 4 lety +8

    End The Federal Reserve.
    End Land Taxes. Everyone is a Renter.

    • @HeartzHD
      @HeartzHD Před 3 lety

      8 trillion later

    • @LoveNeverFails81818
      @LoveNeverFails81818 Před 3 lety

      HeartzHD good Lord... are you serious??? 9 mos. later they printed 8 trillion???

    • @HeartzHD
      @HeartzHD Před 3 lety

      @@LoveNeverFails81818 3 trillion since covid, and another 1 trillion expected this week. That would put balance at 8 tril

  • @phinehasikanya4353
    @phinehasikanya4353 Před 5 lety +2

    economic growth is spending less to get more and not having more to spend on less....

  • @michaeldowd2614
    @michaeldowd2614 Před 11 měsíci

    Seems to me the sensible question is whether gold and silver will buy more goods than they do today. The elevation of gold and silver prices will mean little if prices rise by the same degree.

  • @sanford943
    @sanford943 Před 5 lety

    where is the second part to this

  • @hategreedrevolutionary6594
    @hategreedrevolutionary6594 Před 8 lety +14

    Bernie Sanders is the ONLY Pres candidate who already understands all that these fine gentlemen are explaining and also understands how screwed we are by Wall Street and by their selected candidates, like Clinton.

    • @manxx25
      @manxx25 Před 5 lety +1

      ...already understands or appears to GAF? I fear that many understand, but "hate muh amurrica" or whatever. I believe part of the answer may be in some of the third-world grass-roots econ solutions where the people are the bank. I think higher education needs to go this way as well. There is no *good* reason for it not to. :/ Western spring time.

    • @ritterbrown5474
      @ritterbrown5474 Před 5 lety

      I would argue that they all know, but they don't care

  • @alexarvanitis4331
    @alexarvanitis4331 Před 5 lety +1

    Chris Hedges is bae

  • @BirdArvid
    @BirdArvid Před 4 lety +2

    "Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you King!"

  • @sanford943
    @sanford943 Před 3 lety

    He was wrong about one thing (not in this interview). In his article road to surfdom This debt is now on track to surpass
    the size of America’s entire gross domestic
    product by the end of the decade. He was talking about outstanding mortgage debt. This article was written in 2007. In affect he did predict what would happen in 2008. However the outstanding mortgage debt was 16 trillion. The GDP was 21 million last year.

  • @brocklesnarufcchamp1
    @brocklesnarufcchamp1 Před 7 lety

    Where's the next episode?

  • @Mars-jt6vd
    @Mars-jt6vd Před 5 lety

    nice conversation, but I don't know if it is applicable in the real world. property right is not a factor of production?

  • @podfunk
    @podfunk Před 8 lety

    Yes! Where's part 2? anyone?

    • @uptoit100
      @uptoit100 Před 8 lety

      +podfunk It has just come out around March29

  • @martindoyle831
    @martindoyle831 Před 8 lety +2

    hedges comea back correctly here. this is a "gamed" issue and why the system is fixed. im glad but wish hedges said forced into the market through fraud in 401k or rrsps.. to shelter from taxation..

  • @nicethugbert
    @nicethugbert Před 8 lety +2

    If the government prints money then doesn't The Public own the money? If the The Public owns the money then why is it not distributed directly to The Public? Why does The Public have to rely on the Federal Reserve (and middle men) to indirectly receive money?

  • @blackreign3138
    @blackreign3138 Před 4 lety +1

    This exactly what is happening with all the major Railroads today.

  • @augurcybernaut4785
    @augurcybernaut4785 Před 5 lety

    Proff Hudson 👨🏾‍🌾👑🥇

    • @augurcybernaut4785
      @augurcybernaut4785 Před 3 lety

      @DarkTagMaster proff wolf is charlatan of the highest order. Right up there with Noam Chomsky.

  • @profd65
    @profd65 Před 8 lety +1

    Where the f,,, is the second part? Been waiting for over a week.

    • @uptoit100
      @uptoit100 Před 8 lety +1

      +profd65 It's out now

    • @profd65
      @profd65 Před 8 lety

      +Gerald Comeau
      Thank you.

  • @chriscorona1317
    @chriscorona1317 Před 8 lety +2

    There's lots of economical jargon here. I thought I was fairly educated on the subject, but apparently not. lol. Most of this went waay over my head.

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 Před 8 lety +2

      +Chris Corona says:
      "There's lots of economical jargon here. I thought I was fairly educated on the subject, but apparently not. lol. Most of this went waay over my head."
      ==
      You are hardly alone.
      It's their(investment bankers) job to come up with the idea to skim the wealth from the rest of the population 24/7. And make it invisible as possible.
      It's like walking into a used car dealer and talk to a sales man. He knows all the tricks in the book to take advantage of you legally or illegally, and he does it every day to practice his skill. We as a consumer, on the other hand are so unprepared, because we buy cars only once in several years.

    • @chriscorona1317
      @chriscorona1317 Před 8 lety

      allgoo19 Thanks for the clarification!

  • @dimitristsagdis7340
    @dimitristsagdis7340 Před 6 lety +1

    I do not understand why Michael Hudson (11:40) claims that 'capital is not a factor of production' and Chris lets this 'slip'. Can Michael, Chris or anyone else for that matter explain why capital is not a factor of production?

    • @hoogmonster
      @hoogmonster Před 4 lety +1

      He said that "money" is not a factor of production. That is correct. Capital is a factor of production but money is simply a medium of exchange for real capital. I suspect you are confusing money and capital. If you type "Is money a factor of production" into google you'll swiftly get a clear explanation in some detail. Hudson is right though in short. That explains also why Chris didn't pick him up on that.

  • @marijandesin8226
    @marijandesin8226 Před 3 lety

    11:23 I can not believe he interrupted this amazing summary. Ill never know what he was going to say.

  • @troyanderson7851
    @troyanderson7851 Před 7 lety +2

    How can we win a race when only a select few know the location of the finish line

  • @Research0digo
    @Research0digo Před 10 měsíci

    Killing the Host is a great book, and the intricate Dutch etching is fascinating!
    about 11:30 ... another thing that is crazy, and this applies to countries other than the US as well, is that debt owed is entered as credit, not debt, in the 'ledger'.
    If my sister owed me a hundred dollars, I couldn't go to the grocery store and tell the cashier I am owed a hundred dollars and walk out with my cheese - that's absurd!

  • @vidfreak56
    @vidfreak56 Před 7 lety +4

    But trickle down economics.

  • @maryebert5897
    @maryebert5897 Před rokem +2

    We need to start a 3rd party that runs on 3 basic principles 1) get money out of politics 2) put FDRs new deal back on banks (Glass Steagal, Gold Standard) and 3) have a national voting day to allow the poor, who are working 3 jobs, access to voting or make it easier for them to vote.

    • @maryebert5897
      @maryebert5897 Před rokem

      Don’t mention anything else! Keep the social issues off the books. Or maybe just stick with two items 1) get money out of politics and 2) reform the banking industry. These two items would gain popularity with the masses, including conservatives

  • @hojoinhisarcher
    @hojoinhisarcher Před 5 lety

    Yes we can!

  • @kevinprinceofdarkne
    @kevinprinceofdarkne Před 6 lety

    I don't know how it is in America, but let me tell you about something we get in the uk. There are these tv adverts showing cozy, benevolent old couples discovering how much fun can be had by ' releasing the value ' stored in their home. Think what you could do with the money. Well, what do they suggest. Have an expensive holiday to have a taste of what they feel they are missing, to be able to help the children to buy their first home and to get private tuition for a grandchild who needs particular help with math. It took me a little while to work it out I'm afraid but I've got it now. People do really stupid things when they see death approaching. A holiday can be the focus of a resentment that has taken a whole life of being short changed to aquire. Why should you blame the systematized theft when the kids are nearer. Anyway, you can give them a few thousand, just in case the decision you are making is irrational. A few thousand represented a decade of work during the war. And what about the little boy's math. tuition ? Well, that's just a little joke of the sort that seems to appeal to accountants. Nasty, isn't it ?

  • @merbst
    @merbst Před 4 lety +1

    To all who seek the book by Michael Hudson:
    archive.org/details/KillingTheHost/mode/2up

  • @jamesderoc6717
    @jamesderoc6717 Před 7 lety

    what is the cover of his book?
    bosch or bruggel?

  • @drkwrl
    @drkwrl Před 8 lety

    I'm a bit of a novice here. What is the difference between the rentiers and capital?

    • @kjr63
      @kjr63 Před 8 lety +2

      +drkwrl capital is a factor of production, rent, interest and capital gains are political privileges of our lords.

    • @drkwrl
      @drkwrl Před 8 lety

      so capital as they use it means industrial capitalists? I watched Richard Wolff's introduction to marxian economics and he described merchants, bankers and landlords as pre-industrial capitalists and then the industrialists of the 19th century were an extension of those practices left over from feudalism

  • @DeCleyre161
    @DeCleyre161 Před 8 lety +14

    Hedges Chomsky 2016

    • @EroomYrrah
      @EroomYrrah Před 8 lety

      +tolbiac Tarpley - Prins 2016 He know what to do with Wall st and she knows how to do it.

    • @Leftistattheparty
      @Leftistattheparty Před 7 lety +1

      lol Ron Paul?! I love the freedom to starve and die.

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 Před 8 měsíci

    This is the "can't see the wood in the trees of the forest", situation.
    Every concept is so embedded in one's experiences of amoral hypocritical betrayal of political promises fed to us through propaganda we "can't see what is wrong with it" and have abdicated moral = democratic responsibilities for thinking on behalf of the public good in cooperation with each other.

  • @EroomYrrah
    @EroomYrrah Před 7 lety

    Talking about pensions getting fleeced... back in the 80s is when the pension funds opened up for stocks ...RSP 401 K ... the got killed in OCT87 and the SnL banks went down in 88 most brokerages got choked in 89 the big banks hovered up all of it. The got the Brokerage firms, set up mutual funds, scored ALL the vacant commercial property, unloaded it into REITS and C-REITS, moved in to insurance. Fed supported mortgages ...oh yea LOOT South America and old Soviet states.

  • @Research0digo
    @Research0digo Před 10 měsíci

    2nd half: czcams.com/video/cMuIoIidVWI/video.html&ab_channel=TeleSUREnglish

  • @AnnoyingCitizen
    @AnnoyingCitizen Před rokem

    After going to Marxist reading groups I'm able to understand this word for word. This used to be make me squint a bit, but now it's easy stuff to get.

  • @dchand765
    @dchand765 Před 3 lety

    In that case we need to push Government to stop or put cap on cooperates buying back their own stocks or other cooperates stocks in case the loop holes.

  • @EdSurridge
    @EdSurridge Před 4 lety

    V.G. lots i didnt know. 👍💚🌎

  • @greenleaf1635
    @greenleaf1635 Před 4 lety

    These are the bravest of men.

  • @timfify
    @timfify Před 3 měsíci

    What I have noticed is, companies that produce an object (widgets) let's say are making fewer widgets and charging more instead of making more widgets and charging less. and the Wall Street types have made the stock market friends with the working class which is so far from the truth

  • @MarkM324
    @MarkM324 Před 8 lety

    Chris Hedges has it half correct. But, his story about the bank guard explains it all. It's the liability exposure in the US that directs capital into speculation and interest "rent seeking". Due to ever increasing legal, labor and governmental liabilities facing industry. Also, extending voting rights has led to increased government financial liabilities in order to buy votes. And therefore, increased public borrowing and interest payments. Increased taxation and an ever inflating money supply has reduced purchasing power for the 99%. You have to address these types of liabilities in addition to the issues discussed in this interview in order to rectify the economic situation.

    • @MarkM324
      @MarkM324 Před 8 lety

      Correction: Michael Hudson has it half correct...

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher Před 8 lety +1

      +Mark Maluccio
      "It's the liability exposure in the US that directs capital into speculation "
      HARDLY. Power ALWAYS seeks to expand whenever it can. Rent seeking and speculation is how banks gain enormous amounts of money. They are not burdened by "liabilities", in fact they can engage in the wildest of speculation completely risk-free: they know the government will bail them out should they fail.

    • @MarkM324
      @MarkM324 Před 8 lety +1

      Notecrusher, you are exactly correct! The lack of liability risk is what fuels rent seeking and speculation. Especially now that the losses have been socialized. It's the liabilities inherent in the investment of employees, plants and equipment that help drive speculation. Why deal with markets, employees and lawsuits when you can get huge risk-free Fed Reserve and government subsidized gains?

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher Před 8 lety

      Mark Maluccio OK, if you define "liabilities" as simply participating in the real economy.

  • @troywalkertheprogressivean8433

    7:20 "...put it down pick it up and reverse it...."