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272 - Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III

272 - Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III

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Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics
at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and President of the
Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends. He
researches domestic and international finance, the history of
economics, and the role of debt in shaping class stratification,
among many other topics. This is Michael’s sixth appearance on
the show. On past episodes, including with Richard Wolff, he and
Robinson have neoliberalism, industrial capitalism, the rentier
economy, Marxism, and the role of economics in political history.
In this episode, Michael and Robinson talk about Donald Trump,
the war in Iran, Russia and Ukraine, Israel, China, and the
possibility of World War III. Michael’s most recent book is
Temples of Enterprise (ISLET, 2024).

Michael’s Website: https://michael-hudson.com

Temples of Enterprise: https://a.co/d/a3c53dm

OUTLINE

00:10 How Oil Controls US Foreign Policy

10:44 How American Foreign Policy Is Leading to World War
III

31:03 Trump’s Neocon War Strategy

34:56 Why Does the United States Need Israel for its Iran
War?

41:26 Does the US Finance Terrorism in Ukraine and Israel?

44:16 How the West Provoked Russia’s War in Ukraine

52:53 Why Does the US Support Ukraine?

56:10 How China Became an Economic Superpower

59:49 AI and the Economic War for Global Dominance

01:10:21 Oil, Renewable Energy, and the Shifting Global Power
Structure

01:12:25 The US Economy After WWI

01:24:21 Why Europe Fell from WWII to the Present

01:36:45 How Trump Ignores the First Amendment

01:40:20 The Apex of American Power after WWII

01:43:12 Who Will Win the Economic World War?

01:49:25 Why Iran Is Crucial to the World’s Future

01:53:38 The Dismal Future of the American Empire

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University, where he is also a JD
candidate in the Law School.