Michael Hudson on Financial Capitalism and Modern Monetary Theory

On Friday 15 September 2023, Michael Hudson spoke at a book symposium on Radhika Desai’s latest book, Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy. The launch was co-hosted by the International Manifesto Group. Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (Editions 1968, 2003, 2021), ‘and forgive them their debts’ (2018), J is for Junk Economics (2017), Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971), amongst many others. Watch the full symposium here: Thanks to Knowledge Unlatched, this book is open access. Download the full PDF for free: