On the rise and decline of the dollar system.
A new book documents the scale and mechanism of the looting of Africa.
IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist
Both the UK's Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.
Putin's gas for roubles plan was over-interpreted by foreign policy experts and media employees, and that's working out to Russia's advantage.
Gazprom is scheduled to announce what its roubls-for-gas payments stipulations are, even though most Western countries said no, sight unseen.
Michael Hudson continues to discuss how Western sanctions are undermining the central role of the dollar in US economic dominance.
Michael Hudson answers the Saker's questions about the ramifications of Russia's "gas only for roubles if you have been mean to us" measure.
Attempting to clear some of the fog around the Russia counter-sanction of requiring rouble payment for gas by "unfriendly nations."
Clearing up misunderstandings about the Russian move to require unfriendly countries to pay roubles for gas.