Prosper Australia

It’s hard to keep up with Professor Hudson’s rapid fire work rate. Wash the dishes to these 2 key interviews. Guns and Butter – Obama’s Republican Class War Presidency – February 3, 2010 at 1:00pmClick to listen (or download) Guns and Butter – The New Junk Economics: From Democracy to Neoliberal Oligarchy – February 10, [...]

Michael Hudson If the economy deteriorates in the L-shaped “hockey-stick” rut that many economists forecast, what political price will President Obama and the Democrats pay for having returned the financial keys to the Bush Republican appointees who gave away the store in the first place? Reappointing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may end up injuring [...]

Read Hudson’s latest interpretation of Obama’s economic policies: At stake now is President Obama’s credibility as an agent for change. Voters see his main “change” thus far to have been favoritism to Wall Street. Jay Leno jokes that Obama has done the impossible: resurrected the seemingly dying Republican Party and given it the coveted label [...]

photo credit: kevindooley Michael Hudson Originally posted at Counter Punch Paul Samuelson, America’s best known economist, died on Sunday Dec 13th. He was awarded the Nobel prize for economics, (founded one year earlier by a Swedish bank in 1970 “in honor of Alfred Nobel”). That award elicited this trenchant critique, published by Michael Hudson in [...]

Following Prof Michael Hudson’s recent tour, here are more multimedia highlights: Visual: Hudson on ABC International with Jim Middleton. Hudson on Switzer – Sky TV Business. Forever Blowing Bubbles – Sydney presentation. Hudson tour slideshow Audio: The Earth v the Neo-Liberal Paradigm – Prosper Australia speech Global Policy Trends in a Financialised Economy – Federal [...]

Michael Hudson As published in the Business Age The 2nd most read article in the Age website on the day as per the graphic billing HIGHER land and house prices typically lead to an increased supply of housing. Yet at the peak of Australia’s perennial housing affordability crisis, the Housing Industry Association declared that there [...]

Professor Michael Hudson on ABC International (broadcast to 44 countries) – Monday 26th October

The presentation from Professor Michael Hudson’s Sydney talk ‘Forever Blowing Bubbles’. The screen size is small to reduce the file size.

photo credit: the|G|™ Written Oct 16th Raising interest rates will do little to address underlying economic issues, says visiting US economist Professor Michael Hudson. “The market factoring in 7 interest rates rises spells danger for the Australian economic miracle” warns Professor Hudson. “Governments must use tax policy rather than monetary policy to address asset bubbles. [...]

photo credit: TravisTruman Listen to Professor Michael Hudson on this Renegade Economists podcast exclusive as he takes us through the devolution of neo-liberalism and into the tollbooth economy. Hudson gives perspectives on the Oz economy and banking dominance. Usually it takes 2 listens to keep up with the good professor! We’re looking forward to putting [...]