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J IS FOR JUNK ECONOMICS: A Guide To Reality In An Age Of Deception Kindle Edition

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Michael Hudson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC), and Professor of Economics at Peking University in China. He gives speeches, lectures and presentations all over the world for official and unofficial groups reflecting diverse academic, economic and political constituencies. Before moving into research and consulting, Prof. Hudson spent several years applying flow-of-funds and balance-of-payments statistics to forecast interest rates, capital and real estate markets for Chase Manhattan Bank and The Hudson Institute (no relation). His academic focus has been on financial history and, since 1980, on writing a history of debt, land tenure and related economic institutions from the Sumerian period, antiquity, and feudal Europe to the present. Since 1996 as president of the Institute for the Study of Long Term Economic Trends (ISLET), he has written reports and given presentations on balance of payments, financial bubbles, land policy and financial reforms for U.S. and international clients and governments. He organized the International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies (ISCANEE) in 1993, and to-date has co-edited the preceedings of six academic conferences on the evolution of property, credit, labor and accounting since the Bronze Age. His website and blog can be found at michael-hudson.com. He has been interviewed on Democracy Now, Marketplace, and Naked Capitalism. Many of his interviews and public appearances can be seen on YouTube.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071W31MTM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ISLET/Verlag; 1st edition (May 25, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1761 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 613 pages
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djk
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book .... will keep it as a reference for quite some time to come
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2024
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book .... will keep it as a reference for quite some time to come
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2024
Great book .... will keep it as a reference for quite some time to come. I wasn't expecting the dictionary-like 'A to Z Guide' that comprises most of the book, but I did enjoy the Introduction, as well as the Essays & Articles and Author's Interview at the end of the book. Provides great context regarding 'economics', and almost Gore Vidal-like blistering clarity on certain assumptions and premises that have ruled our reality for awhile now.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book recommended to anyone interested in political economy and how it works in the real world
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