Tag Archives: financialization

The enemy within

Posted on April 16, 2021 by camelotkidd

I wonder why there’s an upsurge in anti-Asian bias, hatred and violence? Maybe it has something to do with the demonization campaign against China that began in the Trump administration and carried into the Biden one? I’m asking, because the … Continue reading →

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Financial Feudalism

Posted on March 27, 2020 by camelotkidd

The Wall Street Crash of 2008, the bailout, and the Fed’s Quantitative Easing (QE) intensified inequality in America. And now they’re getting the band back together. Behind all the focus on the human toll of the pandemic there are quiet … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neofeudalism | Tagged bailout, Coronavirus, federal reserve, feral elite, financialization, Michael Hudson, neo-feudalism, Wall Street | Leave a comment

All about the Benjamins

Posted on September 19, 2019 by camelotkidd

I’ve talked about the deep state at length but the whole Epstein affair casts this dynamic in a much darker hue. For instance, there’s no way that a serial pedophile blackmailer like Epstein went unnoticed by the vaunted intelligence … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, financialization, Iran, Jeffery Epstein, Michael Hudson, Mike Lofgren, Mike Pompeo, neocons, Super Imperialism | Leave a comment

Shameless

Posted on August 29, 2019 by camelotkidd

I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: Mitt Romney, Mittens as I like to call him, represents everything that’s wrong with our modern day financialized economy. However, Mittens, who recently spoke out against the “socialist agenda” of the Democratic … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Bain Capital, financialization, Mitt Romney, monopoly, neoliberalism, Powell memo, private-equity, Toys 'R' Us | Leave a comment

PayGo

Posted on January 17, 2019 by camelotkidd

PayGo is bad economics and bad politics, but naturally it was the first order of business for the newly elected Democratic Speaker of the House–Nancy Pelosi. Despite resistance from progressive Democrats, the House rules package for the 116th Congress will … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, Brexit, Donald Trump, financialization, Hillary Clinton, Killing the Host, Michael Hudson, Milton Friedman, MMT, Nancy Pelosi, neoliberalism, Pay-Go, University of Chicago, Wall Street, Yellow Vests | Leave a comment

It’s all about the Benjamin’s

Posted on January 4, 2018 by camelotkidd

Ever wonder why the US regime-changes this country but not that country? Wonder no more. It’s all about the Benjamin’s. The US maintains its hegemony thanks to the power of the US dollar—the worlds reserve currency–and the reality of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Alastair Crooke, Benjamin's, BRICS, China, financial economy, financialization, human rights, Iran, Journal of Strategic-Culture, petrodollar, regime change, reserve currency, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trump’s Security Strategy | Leave a comment

We Live in a Political World

Posted on June 19, 2017 by camelotkidd

Why hasn’t a left-wing populist party arisen in the US in the wake of the Wall Street crash and bail-out by the government? Why have labor unions, environmentalists, racial and ethnic minorities not created an alternative to the fully … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged banana republic, Bernie Sanders, Bob Dylan, class warfare, David Sirota, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic populism, financial reform, financialization, Great Britain, Grenfell Tower fire, identity politics, labor party, Margaret Thatcher, mass shootings, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, plutocracy, Republicans, There is no Alternative, Washington Generals, we live in a political world | Leave a comment

Washington Generals (Part 2)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by camelotkidd

How can the Democratic Party effectively oppose Trump and get back into power after they’ve lost over a thousand seats nation-wide since 2008? Oh, I know. Maybe former Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, can show up at a swanky Deer … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged corporate media, Deer Valley, extractive, financialization, gonzo-journalism, Joe Biden, Killing the Host, looting, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Mittens, neofeudalism, opposition party, Rolling Stone | Leave a comment

N is for Neofeudalism

Posted on April 5, 2017 by camelotkidd

Everything that was old is new again. Take feudalism, it’s making a comeback. The US economy is trending towards wage bondage and economic polarization, with an all-American debt peonage that I’ve come to call neofeudalism. Heterodox economist Michael Hudson explains how … Continue reading →

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The submerged state

Posted on February 7, 2017 by camelotkidd

If the Democrats ever want to win another election they need to abandon neoliberalism. Post-Watergate Democrats turned their backs on the central tenet of the New Deal–that government should help Americans. In the process, they quit representing unions and … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged ACA, Cornell, corporate funding, Democrats, financialization, free trade, Les Leopold, Naked Capitalism, Nancy Pelosi, neoliberalism, One Market Under God, other corporate party, President Obama, Submerged State, Suzanne Mettler, Thomas Frank, Wall Street | Leave a comment