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What Are the Origins of the Money We Use Today?

The late 19th century saw economists, mainly German and Austrian, create a mythology of money’s origins that is still repeated in today’s...

07.03.2025 7

CounterPunch

Michael Hudson

How Mesopotamia’s Urban and Industrial Revolution Started Politics as We Know It Today

For the king, the aim was to make “submission not just tolerable but actually desirable.” That enabled Mesopotamian rule to be personal and indeed...

06.03.2025 10

CounterPunch

Michael Hudson

Trump’s Balance-Of-Payments War On Mexico, And The World – OpEd

The Road to Chaos The 1940s saw a series of movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, starting with the Road

28.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Michael Hudson

Trump’s Balance-of-Payments War on Mexico, and the Whole World

Trump has threatened Mexico in two ways. First of all is his immigration program of exporting illegal immigrants and permitting short-term work...

27.01.2025 20

CounterPunch

Michael Hudson