Interwar 1919-1931 episode 1:The Looting System

The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur by Justin Podur

Oct 11, 202553:16News & Politics

Reading the first two chapters of Michael Hudson’s Superimperialism, we study the transformation of the world financial system after World War I. That transformation is driven by a surprising decision by the US to insist...

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