Economist Michael Hudson argues Donald Trump has no plans to deal with the problems that caused US deindustrialization. His tariffs are just a neoliberal program under another guise, to benefit the wealthy donor class.
I think the appeal of Hudson is found in the political economy illiteracy of comrades brought up in liberalism (myself included; I have got his book Super-imperialism for example) but you have to start somewhere out here in the west - it is very difficult to find literature for laymen from the anglosphere with busy working lives, and defacto censorship does not make it easy to find accessible material. As we progress through our ML education and develop our theoretical knowledge we can start discarding what is limiting but not everyone is at the same place in their journey; these windows into possibilities outside our bubbles are important to introduce and we should read broadly where possible.
Exactly, he’s got the basics right and he explains things in a digestible way. But as we develop more nuanced understanding we can start picking apart what he says more critically.
I think the appeal of Hudson is found in the political economy illiteracy of comrades brought up in liberalism (myself included; I have got his book Super-imperialism for example) but you have to start somewhere out here in the west - it is very difficult to find literature for laymen from the anglosphere with busy working lives, and defacto censorship does not make it easy to find accessible material. As we progress through our ML education and develop our theoretical knowledge we can start discarding what is limiting but not everyone is at the same place in their journey; these windows into possibilities outside our bubbles are important to introduce and we should read broadly where possible.
Exactly, he’s got the basics right and he explains things in a digestible way. But as we develop more nuanced understanding we can start picking apart what he says more critically.