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Michael Hudson: The Collapse of America's Economic Empire

2025-06-19 People & Blogs
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Prof. Michael Hudson, a world-renowned classical economist, discusses one of his greatest books: "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire". The US empire changed fundamentally as it transitioned from a creditor to a debtor, although it the model has now run into a wall. US debt is unsustainable, its technologies are no longer dominant, and new centres of power are establishing alternative economic architecture. In the final stage of Empire, the US is threatening countries to use its currency and technologies. Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire: https://michael-hudson.com/books/super-imperialism-the-economic-strategy-of-american-empire/ https://michael-hudson.com/ Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Top Comments (10)

@skijay2010 2025-06-19

just finished the book last week, people have no idea what monstrous economic system we currently live under

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@johnb4639 2025-06-19

A masterclass from Prof Hudson. A living treasure.

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@truthbeyondthemind 2025-06-19

Michael Hudson is a great Economist and Analyst and Glenn is brilliant! Thank you.

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@jackathanasiou2195 2025-06-19

When Mr Michael Hudson speaks, the undisputed truth is spoken. How do I know, well its in front of our eyes all around the world.

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@bunyip5841 2025-06-19

No matter how often I listen to Michael Hudson I learn something new each time. This time it is the changing nature of debt and the use of tariffs to strongarm the rest of the world into line.

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@jennieclaire7781 2025-06-19

Thankyou Glenn for giving Michael a platform that I can access to present his brilliant analysis. And thank you to Michael for your presentation which answers questions I have had about wars basically all my life. You have the rare ability to make complex and difficult concepts accessible to a lay person.

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@nicoleortiz983 2025-06-20

Glenn, thank you for allowing professor Hudson to summarise his thesis and his perspective on contemporary geo-economic politics without interruption. It was a brilliant and educational exposition.

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@UK75roger 2025-06-23

You've been doing some excellent interviews lately, Glenn Diesen, and this one is a pearl!

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@Queen731. 2025-06-22

Nothing lasts forever. Everything has an end and a beginning. Hudson gives us a story of how we got where we are today. Hudson also educates us on how other empires came and went. That is why I always question the dominant narrative. While I have always known that decolonisation was a facade, I feel honoured to have accidentally stumbled accross this invaluable evidence. Thank you Mr Hudson for adding such powerful information to work with. I have been trying to inderstand find the missing link in the Iran discourse.

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@snickerdoodle1 2025-06-22

A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. Chinese Proverb

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