Michael Hudson

US economist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1939 · age 87

Michael Hudson is an American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. He is a contributor to The Hudson Report, a weekly economic and financial news podcast produced by Left Out.

Michael Hudson is read about 121 times a day, in 14 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2025“Privatization and of the U.S.”In their words14 April 2025Return of the robber barons - Trump’s distorted view of US tariff history. Geopolitical Economy ReportRead the whole statement

2022“The European political leaders are unwilling to resist U.S. demands. All they can do is complain at their mistreatment.”In their words1 December 2022Pressures - Questions from Al-akhbar Newspaper, Lebanon. Mohammad Itmaizeh,michael-hudson.comRead the whole statement

“The German public was coming to understand what it will mean if their steel companies, fertilizer companies, glass companies and toilet-paper companies were shutting down.”In their words4 October 2022The Euro Without German Industry, michael-hudson.comRead the whole statement

“Is the proxy war in Ukraine turning out to be only a lead-up to something larger, involving world famine and a foreign-exchange crisis for food- and oil-deficit countries?”In their words6 June 2022Is US/NATO (with WEF help) pushing for a Global South famine?,michael-hudson.comRead the whole statement

“The decline of the West is not necessary or historically inevitable. It is the result of choosing policies dictated by its rentier interests.”In their words15 May 2022The Destiny of Civilization,michael-hudson.comRead the whole statement

“It’s a tectonic shift [the decline of an empire and the rise of another one]. Let’s look at this from Russia’s point of view.”In their words31 March 2022Grab Bag Imperialism, michael-hudson.comRead the whole statement

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Michael Hudson

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Blaming today’s price inflation on workers earning too much is simply an excuse to impose a new class war against labor.
1 December 2022 · Pressures - Questions from Al-akhbar Newspaper, Lebanon. Mohammad Itmaizeh, michael-hudson.com, Own words
Oligarchic control of government has been a major distinguishing feature of Western civilization ever since classical antiquity.
13 July 2022 · The End of Western Civilization - Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place, Own words
China, like Russia, has been reducing its dollar holdings as much as possible, just keeping enough to prevent the currency from being destabilized by the dollar inflows.
3 April 2022 · China - a Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?,michael-hudson.com, Own words