Geopolitical Economy Report

The US Congress is backing Israel's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza and expel the indigenous population to Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, and Yemen. Meanwhile, Israel kills 700 Palestinians per day, with billions of dollars worth of US weapons. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GwGtcl3q2xw

Russia wanted to sign a peace deal with Ukraine in March 2022, but NATO countries sabotaged it, according to Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the parliamentary faction leader of Zelensky's political party, Davyd Arakhamia. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TkpKx6oMN0s Check out our related report from 2022 - "West killed peace proposal to end Ukraine war, Russia supported negotiated settlement": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/09/03/west-peace-proposal-ukraine-russia

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the fracturing international order between the NATO/West bloc and the Global Majority, analyzing Israel's war on Gaza, Ukraine's defeat in the proxy war against Russia, and the rise of the far-right in Argentina and Europe. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Io0H1i7Xf8s You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions). VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qyl2JsTTOVs Links, graphics, and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions

Extremist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential election on a far-right platform, pledging to abolish most government ministries, abandon monetary sovereignty, and adopt the US dollar, while cutting ties with China and withdrawing from BRICS. Ben Norton explains how a history of debt and colonialism keeps the South American nation trapped in seemingly endless crisis. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FN6hoIb-QqA Check out our article "How Argentina has been trapped in neocolonial debt for 200 years: An economic history": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/18/argentina-neocolonial-debt-history Our related video "Global debt is unpayable: How Wall Street traps poor countries, profiting rich ones": https://youtube.com/watch?v=WRkhWQ0sRn4 Judicial coup in Argentina: Corrupt judges conspire with media oligarchs to ban Cristina Kirchner from office: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/12/08/judicial-coup-argentina-cristina-kirchner TOPICS 0:00 Meet Javier Milei 7:54 History of debt traps 13:38 Sergio Massa and Peronists 19:27 Economist Ha-joon Chang on dollarization 22:27 Cut ties with China and Brazil? 24:51 Far-right "libertarianism" 27:55 Inflation, IMF, and foreign debt 30:46 Alberto Fernández surrenders to IMF 33:58 Investocracy: Rule by foreign investors 38:09 Exports and imports 39:35 Dependency theory 43:09 Protectionism and kicking away the ladder 46:28 Past failed dollarization schemes 52:56 Outro

The United States and Canada voted against countries representing more than 90% of the world population at the United Nations General Assembly, in resolutions condemning Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=daKuVX1eQSM Our related report on the US voting against a UNGA resolution calling for peace in Gaza: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps Our video on the US vetoing UN Security Council resolutions on Gaza: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8

Top Israeli officials admitted they are ethnically cleansing Palestinians. A minister boasted, "We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba", in reference to the colonial mass expulsion of 1948. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the substantial evidence of Israel's crimes against humanity, sponsored by the US government. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y3C-Pm92sWM Check out our video "Latin America stands with Palestine, denouncing Israel's war on Gaza": https://youtube.com/watch?v=JACTB8T35HE Our related report "US threatened to invade International Criminal Court. Now it loves ICC for targeting Putin": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/29/us-invade-icc-putin

A geopolitical analysis of why the United States so strongly supports Israel: Economist Michael Hudson discusses with journalist Ben Norton. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AeAfFfTqMk TRANSCRIPT here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/12/why-us-support-israel-geopolitics-michael-hudson Check out our video "Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world": https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hqe3IQQo_t4

Most countries in Latin America, led by left-wing governments, have condemned Israel's war crimes in Gaza and expressed strong support for the Palestinian liberation struggle. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JACTB8T35HE Biden echoed debunked Israeli disinfo to deny the Gaza death toll: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YXKNRwJ1D_c US votes against peace in Gaza, defying vast majority of planet at UN: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps Colombia's President Gustavo Petro warns that Israel's destruction of Gaza is the West's plan for the Global South: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE

The world voted 187 to 2 at the United Nations General Assembly for an end to the illegal US embargo against Cuba. Only Israel supported Washington, while Ukraine abstained. Journalist Ben Norton explains the scandalous geopolitical and historical context. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2A_avuu65I Check out our related video "US votes against peace in Gaza, defying vast majority of planet at UN": https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps

Top United Nations human rights official Craig Mokhiber resigned in protest of Israel's "text-book case of genocide" in Gaza, warning that "key parts of the UN have surrendered to the power of the US". VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dLXCYaayXqE Our related video "US blocks peace in Gaza, supporting Israel's genocidal war on civilians": https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8

US President Joe Biden regurgitated debunked propaganda from far-right Israeli officials disputing the Palestinian death toll from Gaza's health ministry, yet these statistics have a long history of being reliable and are used by the UN, humanitarian organizations, and even the State Department itself. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YXKNRwJ1D_c US votes against peace in Gaza, defying vast majority of planet at UN: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps

The United States voted against a proposed humanitarian truce in Gaza, opposing the vast majority of the world in the United Nations General Assembly and protecting Israel as it kills thousands of Palestinian civilians. Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps Our report on the US vetos of the UN Security Council ceasefire proposals: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8 An explainer on how Palestinians have a legal right to armed resistance against Israeli colonialism: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8 Colombia's president warned that Israel's destruction of Gaza is the West's fascistic plan for the Global South: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE

Much of the Global South is rebelling as Israel destroys Gaza, with US/EU support. Colombia's first-ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro warned that the West's exploitative economic model is bringing back fascism, and neocolonial elites treat the peoples of the Global South as "disposable, like the children of Gaza". VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE US blocks peace in Gaza, supporting Israel's genocidal war on civilians: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8

The United States has blocked ceasefire proposals at the UN Security Council while staunchly supporting Israel, sending more weapons as it commits rampant war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8 Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/10/22/us-peace-gaza-israel-genocide

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss the rapidly changing global order, from the Belt and Road Forum in China to the Valdai Club conference in Russia, from Israel's war on Gaza to India's alignment with the US. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lHTmIt131P8 (This episode was recorded on 16 October 2023.) You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians, trying to force them out of Gaza into Egypt. The US and EU support Netanyahu's scorched-earth war on the "entire nation", and the State Department ordered diplomats not to call for peace, de-escalation, or a ceasefire. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=h739EMda8Ag

Israel is indiscriminately bombing civilians in Gaza, after imposing a "complete siege" on 2.3 million Palestinians, cutting off electricity, water, food, and fuel. Meanwhile, the Western media has spread false stories that were quickly debunked. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=E50gE7YwDKI Watch our related video "Palestinians have a legal right to armed resistance against Israeli colonialism": https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8

All the debt in the world is three-and-a-half times the size of the global economy: 349% of GDP, or $37,500 per person on Earth. It is unpayable. But poor countries are forced to pay high interest rates to rich bondholders on Wall Street, while Western vulture funds profit. Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the deeply unequal international financial system. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WRkhWQ0sRn4 Watch the first part here - "A huge debt crisis is coming": https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3QOBbQR2g

International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp". Journalist Ben Norton looks over the evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8

What is life like in China? How does its economy work? Is it obsessed with censorship, or actually defending its sovereignty against foreign interference? Journalist Ben Norton discusses his experience living in the country. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EeuYRuOZ6rU Watch our related video "How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it": https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM Check out our report "How China strengthened food security and fought poverty with state-funded cooperatives": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/05/31/china-food-security-poverty-cooperatives Topics 0:00 Why I moved to China 1:34 China's remarkable economic growth 2:24 The most sovereign country? 4:32 Technological sovereignty 7:40 Dangers of a new cold war 9:28 An unnecessary disclaimer 11:35 Unprecedented economic development 19:33 China's unique sovereignty 23:32 De-industrialization 24:42 China's sovereign social media space 28:28 China's sovereign technological space 31:20 Digitalization of the economy 34:09 Phones 36:29 Cars and computers 39:08 US sanctions and tech war 41:16 Censorship, or digital tariffs? 46:59 Problems 47:31 Energy security and green transition 50:42 Food security 52:15 Debt 54:18 Inequality 55:48 Democracy? 59:14 Protecting sovereignty is not isolationism 59:55 Export- or consumption-based model? 1:05:05 Comparative advantage: a critique 1:19:30 Outro

Burkina Faso's revolutionary nationalist government delivered a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, condemning Western governments for neo-colonial policies that seek to "pillage Africa" and exploit the continent's plentiful natural resources. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3Af_En3ojC0 Check out our related video "Niger coup: 78% of people support military government's anti-colonial policies": https://youtube.com/watch?v=tAcc6U69E6o

While US politicians threaten to invade, Mexico used the United Nations General Assembly to call on Washington to control the rampant trafficking of guns, which is fueling cartel violence. Mexico also reaffirmed its commitment to the Global South and pledged to rejoin the G77+China, while condemning neoliberal economic dogma. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6-qutuWQ_6A Our report on the G77+China summit in Cuba: https://youtube.com/watch?v=A4I5bLlip5Y

The US government sponsored a political coup against Pakistan's democratically elected Prime Minister Imran Khan due to his non-aligned foreign policy and neutrality in the Ukraine proxy war. Ben Norton analyzes the substantial evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wBc5YLW8h74 Topics: 0:00 Well known US-backed coups 1:37 Coup against Pakistan's PM Imran Khan 7:38 Imran Khan's non-aligned foreign policy 14:14 Coup regime reverses independent foreign policy 15:31 Coup regime's authoritarian crackdown 19:44 Another US-backed coup in Pakistan, in 1977 21:58 Similarities to Brazil and Peru 23:38 Iran and Mohammad Mosaddegh 27:14 The US "war on terror" 30:00 Smoking gun: leaked embassy cable 47:01 IMF bailout and inflation crisis 50:00 Outro Check out some of our previous coverage: - Pakistan’s prime minister accuses US diplomat of ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his elected government (from April 2022): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/04/04/pakistan-imran-khan-us-diplomat-conspiracy - Pakistan coup regime bans Imran Khan, dissidents killed, as US eyes China ties, Israel normalization: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/26/pakistan-coup-imran-khan-china-israel - Pakistan warns of foreign-backed regime-change attempt, to disrupt China/Russia alliance (from March 2022): https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/03/31/pakistan-foreign-regime-change-china-russia

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss the rapidly changing world order at a time of summits of BRICS, G20, and G77 and the UN General Assembly. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IJSzHN71Qj8 Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/09/23/brics-nato-summits-radhika-desai-michael-hudson You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February 2023 was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Ben Norton shows how Washington and the media milked this manufactured scandal as ridiculous cold war propaganda. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgWv3kXUn10 Our report from back in February: "US admits weather pushed Chinese balloon off course, US shot down hobbyists’ $12 balloon in $2M missile attack": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/18/us-weather-chinese-balloon-hobbyist

Global South countries making up 80% of the world population called to transform the "unfair international economic order" at the G77+China summit in Cuba. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=A4I5bLlip5Y Topics 0:00 Introduction 1:19 G77 vs G20 vs G8 vs G7 7:06 G77+China statement 18:17 Speech by Cuba's President Díaz-Canel 43:46 Speech by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega 49:44 Outro

Condemning Washington's "hegemonic mindset" and sanctions, China strengthened its strategic partnership with Venezuela. The oil-rich South American nation's President Nicolás Maduro took a historic trip to Beijing, and applied to join BRICS. Ben Norton analyzes the important geopolitical and economic consequences. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n-jYaEb5SE0 How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/07/12/trump-john-bolton-coups-venezuela

On September 11, 1973, the CIA sponsored a coup that overthrew copper-rich Chile's democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende and imposed a fascist military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. Journalist Ben Norton reviews the historical evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mkB08AKNjQ0 Peru resource battle - CIA-linked US ambassador talks 'investments' with mining/energy ministers: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/19/peru-resources-mining-gas-investment

Around the world, debt is skyrocketing - and rising interest rates are making it unsustainable. In this first part, Ben Norton discusses the impending crisis in the United States, before explaining in part two how Wall Street traps the Global South in debt. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ib3QOBbQR2g US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/19/fed-bailout-silicon-valley-banks 4 US banks crash in 2 months: Banking crisis explained by economist Michael Hudson: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/05/first-republic-bank-crisis-michael-hudson

Western sanctions are backfiring: The EU is now importing Russian liquified natural gas at record levels, and China has made high-tech breakthroughs despite US export restrictions. Ben Norton discusses how this is strengthening their economic sovereignty while blowing back on Europe. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U5fycw5vkjo US now world's top LNG exporter, as Europe boycotts cheaper Russian gas: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/04/us-lng-exporter-europe-russia-gas Europe pays more for banned Russian oil, resold by India - as EU wages fall: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/30/europe-russia-oil-india-wages Journalist Seymour Hersh says US blew up Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/08/us-nord-stream-pipelines-seymour-hersh Topics 0:00 Introduction: US economic warfare 3:49 Western sanctions on Russia backfire 20:47 China resists US tech sanctions 30:48 Outro: Sanctions are failing

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson explain how imperialism is a product not only of the struggle between classes but also nations, and how the framework of geopolitical economy helps us understand the international relations of the capitalist world system. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vKVjpKCFd28 You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

In its South Africa summit, BRICS invited six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The bloc now represents 37% of global GDP (PPP), over 40% of global oil production, and 1/3rd of global gas production, challenging the US petrodollar system. Ben Norton analyzes the importance of the meeting. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1SIfrWkQXeE BRICS debates mission at summit: Challenge West's G7 or be neutral?: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wQN7Uh_XMbA How a US debt trap in Argentina is fueling inflation, dollarization, far right: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1BRx90DhYWM US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/10/us-saudi-arabia-sell-oil-dollars-chinese-yuan Topics: 0:00 Introduction 3:21 Petrodollar under threat 7:51 BRICS+ makes up 40% of global oil production 9:00 BRICS+ makes up 1/3rd of global gas production 10:48 BRICS' massive economic weight 12:09 Will Argentina join? 18:29 De-dollarization 20:46 Saudi-Iran peace 23:35 BRICS vs. G7 30:17 Xi's speech 35:18 Putin's speech 41:06 Lula's speech 42:17 Lula calls for new BRICS currency 44:36 Lula warns of "green neocolonialism" 45:26 Africa-Latin America cooperation 47:42 Ramaphosa's speech 52:50 Venezuela 54:34 Cuba 55:37 Conclusion

The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is holding a historic summit in Johannesburg, discussing expansion and de-dollarization, amid an internal debate: Will it openly challenge the Western-led G7 and its exploitation of the Global South, or will it simply promote neutrality? VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wQN7Uh_XMbA US threatened to invade International Criminal Court. Now it loves ICC for targeting Putin: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/29/us-invade-icc-putin Iran joins group with China & Russia, calls to drop US dollar in trade: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YVKNh1gLSO0

Most people in Germany and France blame the United States and NATO for the war in Ukraine, according to a poll conducted not by a pro-Russian group but rather by anti-Putin activists. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZwO5tEN_kIA US, UK, France promised USSR not to expand NATO east of Germany, newly discovered document proves: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-uk-france-russia-expand-nato-east-germany US gov’t knew NATO expansion to Ukraine would force Russia to intervene: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/27/us-nato-expansion-ukraine-russia-intervene

The US constantly claims to uphold the so-called "rules-based international order" (which it never clearly defines), but China released a devastating report detailing Washington's hypocrisy on economic policies and "free trade". VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x8dJ1iiXLbI EU admits new cold war is not ‘democracy vs autocracy’: Many 'authoritarian regimes on our side': https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/27/eu-cold-war-democracy-authoritarian China condemns ‘US hegemony’, war crimes, CIA coups, 400 foreign interventions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/22/china-report-us-hegemony-wars-coups-intervention

As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China’s renminbi or other currencies. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NmYybJZo3fo Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/10/us-saudi-arabia-sell-oil-dollars-chinese-yuan How Israel is an apartheid regime, with Ali Abunimah: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/03/israel-apartheid-ali-abunimah

Western governments have demonized the coup in Niger and threatened intervention, but polls show that 78% of Nigeriens support the military government's anti-colonial policies. France is extremely unpopular due to its neocolonial practices, whereas Russia is widely seen as an ally. The new nationalist junta pledges to pursue true independence and sovereignty. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tAcc6U69E6o Check out our related video "US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger - Fears of war in West Africa": https://youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_5nuoB940

US government documents admit that the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5vMEgneKF10 Links to sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/07/atomic-bombing-japan-not-necessary US-backed fascism in Japan - How Shinzo Abe whitewashed genocidal imperial crimes: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/07/09/fascism-japan-shinzo-abe-empire After nuking Japan, US gov’t lied about radioactive fallout as civilians died: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/08/16/japan-us-lied-radioactive-fallout

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how the war hawks' drive to expand NATO into Asia to contain China may destroy the Western military alliance. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vKS1IdQpBkA Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/04/nato-expand-asia-china-russia Part 1 of their discussion: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/28/nato-ukraine-russia-china-war You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The US and France have threatened foreign intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger, which produces uranium needed for nuclear energy and hosts large US drone bases. This follows coups led by nationalist, anti-colonial military officers in neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali, which warn intervention could set off a regional war in West Africa. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_5nuoB940

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how NATO has shifted from its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine to targeting China in the Pacific. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2q6Usko4x6s Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/28/nato-ukraine-russia-china-war

The United States is the largest historic contributor to climate change, yet Washington is condemning Beijing for supposedly not doing enough. In reality, China is leading the world in the transition to renewable energy technology. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJ3ItSYBaJs

Political economist Radhika Desai discusses the origins of neoliberalism as a fringe ideology and how it became dominant, fueling extreme inequality, instability, and financialization. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lSTLsHAGoVA This is a discussion of chapter 4, "Neoliberal and its financializations", from Radhika's book "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy". Other episodes in the series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNZoKp0XsLFwSxxlMQu6ye8 You can download Radhika's book for free here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/17/capitalism-coronavirus-war-geopolitical-economy-radhika-desai

Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial system. Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/11/colonialism-sovereignty-financial-system-debt VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x13cSy8S8To You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Iran has become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, along with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Central Asian nations. The SCO represents 40% of the global population and one-third of the world economy. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called for challenging "Western hegemony" and de-dollarizing trade in the region, instead using local currencies for international settlements. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YVKNh1gLSO0

US President Joe Biden appointed notorious neoconservative war criminal Elliott Abrams as an advisor for "public diplomacy". Abrams previously served under Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan, and he oversaw genocide in Guatemala, massacres in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and coup attempts in Venezuela. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k2MUS0xRCTo

Neoliberalism is often misunderstood, but it is very important to understand this ideology that has dominated global economics and politics for decades. Ben Norton discusses the history of the neoliberal "Washington consensus", and how it was imposed on the world. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oUwLB4xUk0s How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM

China has gone from one of the poorest countries on Earth to building the world's largest economy, responsible for nearly one-third of global manufacturing. Meanwhile, the US de-industrialized and financialized its economy. Journalist Ben Norton explains how. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM

Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for wages, according to research by IMF economists. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qdZbq1iw-ho Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/26/corporate-profits-inflation-europe-imf US Federal Reserve says its goal is ‘to get wages down’: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/05/24/us-federal-reserve-wages-inflation