How We Got to Junk Economics

Chris Hedges interviews Michael Hudson, UMKC economics professor and author of Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy. In the first half of their conversation, Hedges and Hudson trace the history of classical economics and explore Marx’s interpretation of capitalism as exploitation.

Writing:
  • Chris Hedges

Stars:
Release Date: 2015-08-03
Seasons: 1 2
TMDb: 0.0/10
  • Language: English

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