Economist Michael Hudson joins KPFA’s Letters & Politics with Mitch Jeserich to discuss his book The Collapse of Antiquity. From Bronze Age debt cancellations to Solon’s reforms, Caesar’s assassination, and the fall of Rome, Hudson shows how creditor power shaped the ancient world and paved the way for oligarchy. He draws direct parallels to today’s U.S. political economy, arguing that debt remains the fault line between democracy and collapse.
