Geopolitical Economy Report

US bank bailout favored billionaires and big corporations, exposing corruption and the need for stronger regulations. The podcast explores the impact of the 2008 financial crash, recent bank collapses, and the misleading aspects of the bailout. It also highlights the disproportionate burden on the working class and the consequences of rising interest rates and the bank crisis.

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's economic policies and his clashes with US Steel and Wall Street, as well as the deaths of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld and oligarch Michael Rockefeller. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4HiC0Hxsrw This is from the Empire and the Deep State series that we are co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 4 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

The UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly to condemn sanctions. The only countries that expressed support for unilateral coercive measures were the US, UK, EU member states, Georgia, and Ukraine. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q8vQSpXHtmM Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/06/west-sanctions-un-human-rights-council

The global de-dollarization campaign is gaining momentum, challenging the hegemony of the US dollar. China and Russia are trading in their own currencies. Beijing and Brazil dropped the dollar in bilateral trade. The UAE is selling China its gas in yuan, through a French company. Southeast Asian nations in ASEAN are de-dollarizing their trade, promoting local payment systems. Kenya is buying Persian Gulf oil with its own currency. The Financial Times acknowledges that a "multipolar currency world" is emerging. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kz5UmwhQuiU Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/06/dedollarization-china-russia-brazil-asean China & Russia pledge ‘changes not seen in 100 years’: Xi & Putin take aim at US dollar hegemony: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/25/china-russia-xi-putin-dollar-economy Brazil and Argentina preparing new Latin American currency to ‘reduce reliance on US dollar’: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/22/brazil-argentina-latin-american-currency-dollar

Historian Aaron Good discusses US President John F. Kennedy's policies toward Africa, particularly Congo and its anti-colonial leader Patrice Lumumba, as well as Indonesia's leftist nationalist President Sukarno. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=V_h_3SYc0c8 This is the Empire and the Deep State series that Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast. This is part 3 of our historical analysis of the JFK administration. PLAYLIST with past episodes in the series here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNArLl765PXe8tsTKmOciGL You can support American Exception at https://Patreon.com/AmericanException

From inside Russia, economists Radhika Desai and Alan Freeman report on the impact of Western sanctions and the Ukraine war. They discuss Moscow's integration with Asia and move away from neoliberal economics. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lxgiJj5FyYg Radhika and Alan are directors of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group: https://geopoliticaleconomy.org

The Joe Biden administration invited numerous authoritarian far-right leaders to the US State Department's so-called "Summit for Democracy", including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Poland's Andrzej Duda, India's Narendra Modi, Italy's Giorgia Meloni, and Pakistan's coup regime. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OK9F27WIcec Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/01/us-authoritarian-summit-for-democracy Mexico’s AMLO calls out US ‘oligarchy’ at Biden’s ‘democracy’ summit: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/30/mexico-amlo-us-oligarchy-democracy-summit

The podcast discusses the US government's attempt to ban TikTok as part of a new Cold War strategy to sabotage Chinese companies and protect Silicon Valley monopolies. It explores the false claims surrounding TikTok's threat to national security and the potential dangers of expanding the national security state. The podcast also addresses the threats to free speech posed by bipartisan-endorsed bills and the impact on de-dollarization. Additionally, it discusses challenges to US company monopolies, industrial policy control by corporations, and the growing authoritarianism in the US.

UN official falsely claims no US armed forces in Syria while Chinese reporter calls out the hypocrisy. Topics discussed: US military occupying Syria, denial and evidence of their presence, reasons behind the occupation, US military's leverage in Syria, Western hypocrisy.

The US government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, threatened prosecutors' family members, and passed a "Hague Invasion Act". But now that the ICC wants to arrest Russian President Putin, Washington praises the court (while still refusing to join it). VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=haVpdVyOtKs