Democratic revolution, oligarchy, and the debate on student debt cancellation

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Michael Hudson is an American economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City and a researcher at the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College, former Wall Street analyst, political consultant, commentator and journalist. Dr. Steve Keen is an Australian economist and author. A post-Keynesian, he criticizes neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. Our conversation examines the false dichotomy of capitalism v. socialism and considers the true dichotomy, which is industrial capitalism v. finance capitalism. Hudson and Keen argue that the transition to finance capitalism, where unearned income is considered economic growth, has truly sown the seeds to ruin the world. Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Support DSPod and the guests when you pick up their books here: Hudson books: https://amzn.to/3Sx6k43 Keen books: https://amzn.to/3MFJ14i (00:00:00)

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What we're really talking about is finance capitalism

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What is Capitalism?

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Was the end of the Happy Days inevitable?

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A more nuanced dichotomy than capitalism vs socialism

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Why does GDP still manage to slow down?

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Why is debt so stifling?

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What happens to the money that accumulates at the top

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The shape of global financial pressure

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Modern examples of debt jubilees

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Solutions without collapse?

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Persistent economic myths

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Strange realities of cancelling student debt

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Financializing the basic structures of society

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How to structure the next iteration

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Doomer optimism

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A new, more effective state

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