From Free Lunch to Forced Tribute
2025.08.28 – Dialogue Works| Michael Hudson
Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson trace a U.S. turn to scapegoating and tariffs as stopgaps for a weakening, polarized economy. From ICE raids and drone strikes to secret investment “deals” pressuring Japan and tariff threats on Europe and India, they argue Washington is converting allies into tributaries while BRICS builds a mixed-economy alternative. The result: a collapsing left/right map, rising class politics, and a world split between finance capitalism and productive development. Th...| Michael Hudson
China’s SCO summit marked a decisive turn: BRICS countries are consolidating trade, payments, and energy ties to insulate themselves from Western financialization and militarization. With Power of Siberia 2 redirecting Russian gas to Asia and India jolted toward BRICS by U.S. tariffs, a dual-system world is hardening. Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff unpack dedollarization, gold’s surge, and why the fight isn’t “capitalism vs socialism” so much as socialism vs finance capitalism. Th...| Michael Hudson
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, August 14, 2025, and our friends, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, are back with us. Welcome back. | Michael Hudson
In a sweeping discussion on the decline of U.S. global dominance, economists Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff dissect the dollar’s downward slide, the BRICS challenge, and the blowback from Trump’s tariff-driven policies. From de-dollarization and foreign divestment in U.S. Treasuries to the hollowing out of American industry, they expose how geopolitical overreach, financial speculation, and ineffective military exports are accelerating the empire’s unraveling. With allies bearing the ...| Michael Hudson
Hudson & Wolff are escorted through the issues of the day, progressive Jews opposing genocide, tariff-esque economic horror when it comes to cars. Listen to two wise heads lament at the state of US political economy. The post Isolation Economics first appeared on Michael Hudson.| Michael Hudson
Nima has reminded the industry that the foundation of successful deployment of AI technology is high-quality data.| BIM+
