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Trumps Return Echoes Romes Fall Is America Next
(00:00) Trump's rise to power reflects parallels with Rome's decline. For 482 years, Rome operated as a democratic republic—albeit imperfectly—but it was still a democratic republic, the world's second after Greece a thousand years earlier. Ame...(00:00) Trump's rise to power reflects parallels with Rome's decline. For 482 years, Rome operated as a democratic republic—albeit imperfectly—but it was still a democratic republic, the world's second after Greece a thousand years earlier. Ame... -
Why Oligarchy Falls And How to Speed It Up
(00:00) they control the wealth they control the laws and they control the system but they can't control everything forever in our previous exploration of oligarchy Aristotle uncovered how the wealthy few don't just influence Society but shape its v...(00:00) they control the wealth they control the laws and they control the system but they can't control everything forever in our previous exploration of oligarchy Aristotle uncovered how the wealthy few don't just influence Society but shape its v... -
How Billionaires Took Over The World
(00:00) There's a widespread myth which says that if only we can get rid of the Republicans get rid of the Toies get rid of these right-wing forces we can relax back into normality and that normality is a democratic progressive state. The democratic...(00:00) There's a widespread myth which says that if only we can get rid of the Republicans get rid of the Toies get rid of these right-wing forces we can relax back into normality and that normality is a democratic progressive state. The democratic... -
Michael Hudson On David Graebers Against Economics
(00:00) When David Graeber published Debt: The First 5,000 Years in 2011, I had already been working on the history of debt for about 30 years, starting in 1981. As an economist, I could see the growing debt crisis in the 1980s, particularly in the...(00:00) When David Graeber published Debt: The First 5,000 Years in 2011, I had already been working on the history of debt for about 30 years, starting in 1981. As an economist, I could see the growing debt crisis in the 1980s, particularly in the... -
Origins of debt Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece Rome shaped our world
Economist Michael Hudson discusses his book "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point", and how this history from 2000 years ago is still so relevant to understand our debt-based societies today. (00:...Economist Michael Hudson discusses his book "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point", and how this history from 2000 years ago is still so relevant to understand our debt-based societies today. (00:...
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