22/02/2012

Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson es el presidente del Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), analista financiero de Wall Street, profesor e investigador de Economía en la Universidad de Missouri (Kansas City) y autor de “Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire” (1968 & 2003), “Trade, Development and Foreign Debt” (1992 & 2009) y “The Myth of Aid” (1971). ISLET se dedica a la investigación en los ámbitos de las finanzas nacionales e internacionales, de la renta nacional y contabilidad del balance en materia de bienes raíces y de la historia económica del antiguo Oriente Próximo. También actúa como asesor económico de gobiernos de todo el mundo (incluyendo Islandia, Letonia y China) en asuntos de financiación y legislación fiscal. Truman Factor publica artículos selectos del profesor Hudson en inglés y español.

“The EU is proving that it works for private banks, but not for its citizens”

The Greek crisis is being used to find out how far finance can drive down wages and privatize the public sector.

Democracy and Debt

Has the Link been Broken?

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[VIDEO] The Icelandic Example?

Interview for the Centre for Research on Globalization about the Icelandic recovery plan.

Trade Theory Financialized

To secure its privileges and tax favoritism, the financial sector opposes government power to tax or regulate. Fighting under the banner of “free markets,” it is now fighting to centralize economic planning power in Wall Street, the City of London and other financial centers.

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[VIDEO] The Greek People Never Agreed to the Debt or Austerity

Michael Hudson discusses how democracy has been subverted.

The State and Local Budget Crisis

The cost of the 2011 cutbacks in federal spending will fall most directly on consumers and retirees by scaling back Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and social spending programs. The population also will suffer indirectly, by lower federal revenue sharing with U.S. states and cities.

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Russia: Reversing Economic Polarization and Poverty

The wealth of any nation is its population. It is wasteful to reduce families to poverty…

Asqueados con los bancos

Los bancos asumieron un riesgo. Ahora quieren llevarse el dinero y que los contribuyentes paguen. Esto es moralmente repugnante.

Russia’s Economic Interests

Can Russia “afford” the costs of raising much of its population out of poverty? Can she afford not to?

Debt Ceiling Set For Progressive Repealing

The Wall Street bailout melodrama should be viewed as a dress rehearsal for today’s debt-ceiling non-crisis.

Las privatizaciones empeorarán el nivel de vida

La alternativa a la mala gestión de las empresas públicas no es necesariamente la privatización, sino una mejor administración y mayores controles para evitar la incompetencia y las malas prácticas.