Audio: Economic Policy Deception By Michael Hudson

March 8, 2013Michael Hudson

Another in the series of interviews on the Renegade Economists radio show (Australia), a wide ranging analysis of the advantages to wealth that money printing and poor tax policy produce. Topics include land and housing policy, German gold repatriation, Occupy, Bradley Manning, Iran, Obama and Kruegar.

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US-British Al Qaeda Airlift: 3,000 Tons of Weapons Fuel Syria's Destruction

9 March, 2013 — Land Destroyer

The primary reason, we are told, that the West must immediately begin wider operations to support the so-called Syrian rebels is to head off extremists – namely Al Qaeda, from overrunning Syria. This narrative has been sold for nearly a year now as it has become evidently clear that all major offensives in Syria against the Syrian people and their government have been led by Al Qaeda terrorist fronts, including most notoriously, Jabhat al-Nusra.

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CHINA 2013: Samir Amin on Socialism and State Capitalism in the PRC Today & Yesterday By Samir Amin

19 March 2013Monthly Review

Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His books include The Liberal Virus, The World We Wish to See, and The Law of Worldwide Value (all published by Monthly Review Press). This article was translated from the French by James Membrez.

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