Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson is one of the world’s leading financial analysts and is a critic of capitalism, especially in its present form of rampant greed economics. One of Hudson’s specialties is to analyze and explain how the world is dominated by the FIRE sector - Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. Besides being a present-day scholar, Professor Hudson is a leading authority on ancient economics of the Middle East, ancient Greece, and Rome. He has thoroughly documented the rise of private property, contract law, rentier class, and debt. In our fourth interview on ancient economics, we will cover the slow but steady downfall of debt forgiveness and jubilees starting in the Middle Bronze Age and work our way to more recent history while making connections to the present and other historical periods. Come for this fascinating discussion, and take a chance to ask your questions.