Did the debt ceiling deal really save the US from bankruptcy?
Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Roberts discuss the US debt ceiling deal reached by President Joe Biden and the Republican opposition, and what it means for the future of the economy. VIDEO: htt...
17 Jun 20231h 1min
Rise and fall of US-led neocolonial financial order: From Bretton Woods to BRICS
Ben Norton discusses the rise and fall of US-led neocolonial financial order, from the 1944 Bretton Woods conference that established the US dollar as the global reserve currency; to the 1971 Nixon Sh...
14 Jun 202342min
Trump boasts he wanted to take Venezuela's oil after overthrowing its government
Former US President Donald Trump boasted at a campaign rally, "When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over; we would have gotten to all that oil; it would have been right...
13 Jun 202326min
Debunked: Media falsely claims China is building spy base in Cuba
Major media outlets have claimed China is building a secret station in Cuba to spy on the US, citing anonymous intelligence officials. But the Pentagon admitted this story is false. It is part of a la...
10 Jun 202325min
How the BRICS Bank is resisting US financial domination
The BRICS bloc’s New Development Bank (NDB), an alternative to the US-dominated World Bank, is de-dollarizing its loans, promoting local currencies, and growing with new members from across the Global...
7 Jun 202328min
BRICS is adding members, planning new currency to challenge US dollar
Foreign ministers from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) met to discuss expanding the Global South-led bloc and creating a new global reserve currency to challenge the US dollar. ...
6 Jun 202312min
Why capitalism is inherently imperialist: Class struggle at the international level
Political economist Radhika Desai discusses how capitalism is inherently imperialist, what the class struggle looks like at the international level, and how "the dominant ideas are the ideas of the ru...
3 Jun 202350min
Debt ceiling hypocrisy: US boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor
US politicians from both parties agree: the deficit doesn't really matter. In their bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, Biden and Republicans agreed to boost military spending to $885 billion, ...
1 Jun 202325min
