Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson’s new book, The Destiny of Civilization, will be published by CounterPunch Books next month.

Why America is at War With Iran

What Are the Origins of the Money We Use Today?

How Mesopotamia’s Urban and Industrial Revolution Started Politics as We Know It Today

Trump’s Balance-of-Payments War on Mexico, and the Whole World

We Need a New Political Vocabulary

US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center

Roman Oligarchs Avoided Tax Liability and Restrictions on Land Size

Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise

Modern Interpretations of Clean Slates

Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise

The Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers

“Have You No Sense of Decency?” McCarthyism Returns to Campus

Property and Debt in Ancient Rome

How Elite Infighting Made the Magna Carta

Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War

Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age

Were the Biblical Prophets Anti-Semitic?

IMF Showdown with China in Morocco

Should There be a Supreme Court? Its Role Has Always Been Anti-Democratic

America has Just Destroyed a Great Empire

Why the Bank Crisis isn’t Over

Why the Banking System is Breaking Up

American Diplomacy as a Tragic Drama

The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages

The Dollar Devours the Euro

The End of Dollar Hegemony

The American Empire Self-Destructs, But Nobody Thought That It Would Happen This Fast

America Defeats Germany for the Third Time in a Century

America’s Real Adversaries are Its European and Other Allies

Did the Squad Give Away Their Bargaining Power?

Is This the End of the Unreformable Democratic Party?

The Vocabulary of Neoliberal Diplomacy in Today’s New Cold War

Soros’ Dream: To Turn China Into a Neoliberal Grabitization Opportunity

Biden Forfeits His Afghan Victory by Defending His Deep State Advisors

America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy vs. China’s Industrial Socialism

A Brady Bond Solution for America’s Unpayable Corporate Debt

A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression

The Democrats’ Quandary: In a Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy, Something Must Give

What the US Wants in the Near East: an Interview With The Saker

America Escalates Its “Democratic” Oil War in the Near East

Break Up the Democratic Party?

Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy

The Coming Savings Writedowns

U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses

Trump’s Trade Threats are Really Cold War 2.0

An Interview the Saker on Venezuela

Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony

Wasting the Lehman Crisis: What Was Not Saved Was the Economy

“Creating Wealth” Through Debt: the West’s Finance-Capitalist Road

Trump’s Travesty of Protectionism