May 2024 - Geopolitical Economy Report
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How to understand China's government, political system, socialist market economy, democracy. Professor Zhang Weiwei interview with Ben Norton| Geopolitical Economy Report
The US government has long tried to recruit India for its new cold war on China. Donald Trump's tariffs have backfired, encouraging New Delhi to improve its relations with Beijing, strengthening BRICS. The post Trump’s tariffs backfire: India moves closer to China, strengthening BRICS unity appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Private equity funds and other Wall Street investors are buying up homes across the US and West, driving up rent and cost of living. Economist Michael Hudson explains how corporate landlords are a result of financialized capitalism.| Geopolitical Economy Report
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Economist Michael Hudson: Western powers designed international system to benefit American corporations at expense of Global South, how to resist US neocolonialism.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump withdrawing US from UN bodies, tearing up climate change treaties, attacking multilateral orgs, like Presidents Bush, Obama, Reagan. Imperialism is bipartisan in Washington.| Geopolitical Economy Report
US empire invaded Nicaragua, imposed colonial military occupation, propped up puppet dictatorship, waged war, coups. Sandinistas defend sovereignty.| Geopolitical Economy Report
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Economist Michael Hudson describes how China created an alternative to the Western neoliberal order, and how the Global South can challenge the rent extraction of US-centered financial colonialism. The post Michael Hudson: How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Close Donald Trump allies like Steve Bannon say "the president is pissed every time he looks at the BRICS de-dollarization effort". The US is trying to make an example out of Brazil, threatening high tariffs to punish Lula da Silva, who promotes a multipolar world and a new global reserve currency. The post US gov’t is very afraid of BRICS and dedollarization, Trump insiders reveal. That’s why he’s attacking Brazil appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump threatened tariffs on BRICS, claiming the group is "dead", but it is growing. 10 members and 10 partners participated in a summit in Brazil, discussing dedollarization, decolonization, trade and investment in local currencies, and how to create a more multipolar global order. The post As Trump threatens BRICS, it grows stronger, resisting US dollar and Western imperialism appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.| Geopolitical Economy Report
BRICS has expanded to 20 countries - 10 members and 10 partners - after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 44% of world GDP (PPP) and 56% of the global population. The US failed to divide China and Vietnam in its Second Cold War. The post BRICS expands to 56% of world population, 44% of global GDP: Vietnam joins as partner country appeared first on Geopolitical Economy Report.| Geopolitical Economy Report
War on Iran is part of US empire plan for unipolar dominance in financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson. USA wants to save dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, disrupt BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Economist Michael Hudson: war on Iran seeks to save US unipolar control & dollar hegemony, disrupt Eurasian integration with China & Russia.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump ordered direct US airstrikes on Iran, after helping Israel start a war of aggression. Tehran already said it would retaliate against US targets. There are more than 40,000 US troops in West Asia (the Middle East), and dozens of military bases, which could be hit. US intelligence agencies previously said Iran was not developing nuclear weapons, but this US war will now actually make them likely.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Israel war on Iran seeks "US global dominance" and to "weaken China", said Donald Trump ex national security advisor General Michael Flynn| Geopolitical Economy Report
In war on Iran, US empire seeks hegemony in West Asia (Middle East), destroy Axis of Resistance, colonize Palestine, destabilize Iranian revolution, preserve petrodollar, prevent de-dollarization, divide BRICS, break up Iran-Russia-China partnership.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Israel attacked Iran. US government supported strikes, giving intelligence, planning war with Netanyahu. Donald Trump used nuclear negotiations with Tehran as cover| Geopolitical Economy Report
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Donald Trump imposed high tariffs on many countries, falsely calling them "reciprocal". This will backfire, hurt US economy, fuel inflation, fail to reindustrialize.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump policies benefit wealthy elites. His admin has 13 billionaires, with Elon Musk. He cuts taxes on rich and corporations. Tariffs are consumption tax on poor| Geopolitical Economy Report
BlackRock is buying ports at Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened Latin American country. US government wants to hurt China and help Wall Street.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump's expansion of migrant detention in Guantánamo Bay follows years of torture. Cuba always fought for land freed of US imperialism| Geopolitical Economy Report
Why is the price of gold rising fast, breaking records? Economist Michael Hudson explains politics of the precious metal and US dollar system| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians and "take over" Gaza. Son-in-law Jared Kushner invested in Israeli companies that profit from settlements and real estate.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump’s tariffs could destabilize the global economy, warns economist Michael Hudson. US protectionist policies could cause financial crises, as many currencies depreciate and countries can't earn the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Silicon Valley Big Tech oligarchs fear China's AI companies like DeepSeek. Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies: "competition is for losers". Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said US must maintain "unipolar world".| Geopolitical Economy Report
Donald Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and tariffs when it rejected abuse of immigrants. Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced US "fascism", declaring, "We are not a colony!"| Geopolitical Economy Report
Trump's tariffs and protectionism threaten to destabilize the global economy, hurting exchange rates, preventing debtor countries from earning dollars needed to pay debts.| Geopolitical Economy Report
At inauguration, US President Donald Trump promised to "expand our territory", invoked colonialist "Manifest Destiny", vowed to take over Panama Canal. He hinted at military force to colonize Greenland| Geopolitical Economy Report
US President Donald Trump invited Big Tech billionaire oligarchs to his inauguration. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai sat with his cabinet picks.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Russia's Nord Stream pipelines with Germany were sabotaged hours before the EU opened its own Baltic Sea pipeline from Norway to Poland. US Secretary of State Blinken boasted of a "tremendous opportunity" to weaken Moscow.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Biden administration pledged Ukraine $39.87 billion in military aid from February to August 2022, average of $228 million per day, fueling proxy war| Geopolitical Economy Report
Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Mick Dunford discuss China's economy, technological development, new industrial revolution| Geopolitical Economy Report
EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell: West's neoliberal model was "based on cheap energy coming from Russia," "access to the big China market," low-paid Chinese workers| Geopolitical Economy Report
EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell says "the world needs Europe" as a "beacon" and beautiful "garden" to civilize the barbarous "jungle" in the Global South| Geopolitical Economy Report
US blocked UN Security Council ceasefire proposals while supporting Israel as it commits war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Economist Michael Hudson on the collapse of four US banks in two months, JP Morgan Chase taking over First Republic Bank, regulatory capture| Geopolitical Economy Report
US Federal Reserve printed $300 billion to save banks and bail out Silicon Valley. 93% of SVB deposits were uninsured, over FDIC limit, 56% of loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms.| Geopolitical Economy Report
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell called "to get wages down." Economist Michael Hudson says corporate monopolies drive inflation, not labor| Geopolitical Economy Report
Western governments held a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Switzerland to impose neoliberal economic policies, privatization, deregulation| Geopolitical Economy Report
World Anti-Doping Agency says US allows athletes in Olympics to cheat, using prohibited drugs, hypocritically criticizing Russia and China| Geopolitical Economy Report
State Department claims opposition candidate Edmundo González won presidential election, only citing unverifiable claims exclusively by groups funded by the US government.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Venezuela opposition and US media claim fraud in July 28 election based on exit poll done by US government-linked Edison Research, works for CIA-linked US state propaganda outlets| Geopolitical Economy Report
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega blasted Western support for Israel in war on Gaza, asking if state of Palestine not allowed, why should US exist? Joined at 45th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution by Palestinian Leila Khaled, who denounced imperialism.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Here you can find episodes of the show Geopolitical Economy Hour with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, including videos, podcasts, and transcripts.| Geopolitical Economy Report
With NATO summit in Washington, Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss how Western governments are losing elections, expanding war against Russia in Ukraine, threatening Global South.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Poll: 94% of people in US, 88% in Western Europe want negotiated settlement to end Ukraine war. NATO opposes peace proposal by China and Brazil, refuses to invite Russia to conference" in Switzerland.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Economist CP Chandrasekhar discusses India's economy, policies of PM Narendra Modi and BJP, if GDP growth data are accurate or exaggerated| Geopolitical Economy Report
Indigenous nations struggle for sovereignty in Arctic of North America and Europe, connecting struggle to Palestine, resisting militarization by NATO. US military pledges to "regain Arctic dominance".| Geopolitical Economy Report
Jill Stein explains her anti-war, pro-worker platform and Green Party campaign for US president, in this interview with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the rhetoric and reality of Bidenomics, and how good US President Biden was for the economy| Geopolitical Economy Report
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss alternatives to neoliberal model of financialization, policies for a productive, sustainable economy.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the debt crises in the US, and how neoliberal economics creates financial bubbles.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Michael Hudson is president of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street financial analyst, and distinguished research professor of economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of many books, including "Super Imperialism," "...And Forgive Them Their Debts," and "Killing the Host." You can follow his work at Michael-Hudson.com.| Geopolitical Economy Report
Radhika Desai is a professor in the Department of Political Studies and director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group at the University of Manitoba. She is the convenor of the International Manifesto Group and the author of several books, most recently "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy".| Geopolitical Economy Report
