As stock market crashes, is US facing new financial crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains

The stock market crashed on August 5, in a new “Black Monday”. What caused it? Is the USA on the verge of a new financial crisis? Ben Norton is joined by economist Michael Hudson to discuss the extreme volatility, AI / Big Tech bubble, Japanese yen carry trade unwind, Chinese economy, and geopolitical dangers.

Check out Geopolitical Economy Hour, the program Michael Hudson hosts with Radhika Desai, here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

His website: https://michael-hudson.com

Topics
0:00 Teaser
0:54 Why did the stock market crash?
8:19 Is the US economy entering a recession?
12:36 Japan and the yen carry trade unwind
27:14 China’s economy
32:41 Popping of the AI / Big Tech bubble?
46:05 Geopolitics: Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran
54:19 Re-inflating the bubble?
1:03:51 Can’t the debt be rolled over?
1:07:27 Asset price inflation vs consumer price inflation
1:11:29 Capital gains grow faster than the economy
1:13:12 What is missing from most economic analysis?
1:26:05 Outro

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48 Comments

  1. The microsoft blue screen was a global block to prevent a much earlier stock market crash- a pause tool- so that warren and very wealthy and powerful figures like Nancy Pelosi have more time to sell their stocks before they crashed

  2. Economist Michael Hudson: The U.S. Economy has BEEN SHRINKING SINCE 2008!
    Exactly RIGHT! We-the-people have been ROBBED to bail out, AND FURTHER ENRICH, the bankers for nearly TWENTY YEARS!!!

  3. Like mama says: You can deceive people for a long time, but you can't deceive people forever. In fact, you only deceive yourself when you think that you are deceiving somebody else.

  4. Trump crashed the stock market not once but twice. donOLD also crashed oil prices to $0 We're in good shape. At least donOLD isn't around to wreck everything and bring us another plague.

  5. Correction, if you are referring to the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran, he was not a militant but a diplomat who was negotiating a peace settlement in Gaza on behalf of Hamas.

  6. there is NO such thing as "AI", it is nothing more than what is known as signal processing, and "list comparison", a concept developed by Charles Babbage and his co werker Eva back in the 1860's. the only difference is the development of faster computers, this creates the illusion of intelligence, but is NO such thing, even today’s fastest computers have NEVER had an original thought between them. this makes “AI” VERY easy to defeat, as human brain capacity is lightYears ahead of what is currently known as A.I., but we MUST stay vigilant. "AI" is nothing more than PR hype/marketing, capitalist consumerism at its finest and most stupid. remember, give a shit, and stay vigilant!!

  7. The financial crisis is already in US for quite some time. The manipulation of the dollar can cover up this crisis not much longer. The dollars are now been extensively used for speculative purposes such as stock investments and purchase of high risk US bonds. Whereas the Chinese Yuan are been used for trading, trade settlements and other value-added trade activities. So the choice is obvious.

  8. Fear porn title. FYI an 8% correction off the all-time high is not a "crash". If you knew the first thing about financial markets, Ben, is that 5-10% drawdowns are normal and often healthy for working off an over-bought condition.

    Please try and learn a little more before trying to scare people

  9. It's crucial to consider how potential policy changes might influence market value growth as the election approaches. Election outcomes can affect sector performance, introduce market volatility, and necessitate adjustments to investing strategies in anticipation of legislative shifts.

  10. Financial analyst Jim Rickards says the U.S.A. has been in a depression since 2007. According to the standard definition you can have a recession in a depression, since the depression strips a sector of the population out of the economy, so it rises and falls for the remainder.

  11. "Economists" use and euphemism they call me "Business Cycle ".

    Buffet and his company, BH, has been revealed as a huge Ponzi scheme, in coordination with the vastly wealthy Pritzker family. Using Peter to pay Paul, and scrambling to cut their losses.

    As if booms and busts are normal. Instability is baked in., except for the highest earners.

  12. USA lost all the wars and now they want to say there economy depends in there’s military wapons production 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂it’s a shame