Tag Archives: Michael Hudson

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

Enemy Of Empire

Posted on January 9, 2020 by camelotkidd

General Soleimani was assassinated because he was successful at opposing the US empire and defeating their terrorist proxies. Soleimani was not a mastermind of terrorism, as the corporate media alleges. He was a mastermind of legitimate resistance against American … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda | Tagged Donald Trump, General Soleimani, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Michael Hudson, neocons, petrodollar, Saudi Arabia, terrorist proxy | 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

Makers and Takers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by camelotkidd

My state elected a looter as its senator. Only now, a senator from a different state has introduced an anti-looting bill. What’s a looter to do? Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, which is co-sponsored by Tammy Baldwin, … Continue reading →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Bain Capital, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Money Honey's, private-equity | Leave a comment

Perpetual Motion Machine

Posted on June 28, 2019 by camelotkidd

Most American assume that the US is involved in multiple Middle-East wars because of oil but it’s actually about the dollar as the worlds reserve currency. Allow me to explain. In 1971 President Nixon took the US off the … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged Donald Trump, Ellen Brown, financial engineering, Iraq, Libya, Michael Hudson, regime change, reserve currency, Saudi Arabia | 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

Ten Years After

Posted on September 20, 2018 by camelotkidd

Ten years ago the US stock market tanked, and for the next several weeks financial markets were a cluster-fuck of panic and chaos. Americans were frightened of what was happening in the economy. The real estate market had collapsed. Venerable Wall … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Black, Donald Trump, Henry Paulson, Matt Stoller, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Timothy Geithner, Too Big to Jail, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Junk Economics

Posted on December 7, 2017 by camelotkidd

Over the weekend, the US Senate passed the most drastic rewrite of America’s tax system since the Reagan administration, which is expected to mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans. This new tax cut legislation should provide further proof that the United … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Democrats, Edward Bernays, J is For Junk Economics, Michael Hudson, neo-feudalism, neoliberalism, Republicans, Senate | 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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