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  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
  • Michael Hudson Quote - Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.
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Mathematically, debts grow exponentially at compound interest. Banks recycle the interest into new loans, so debts grow exponentially, faster than the economy can afford to pay.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - The United States and Europe are in a state of debt deflation, where people and businesses have to pay banks instead of spending their income on goods and services. So markets shrink, sales and profits fall, and the stock market turns down. Download This Image

    The United States and Europe are in a state of debt deflation, where people and businesses have to pay banks instead of spending their income on goods and services. So markets shrink, sales and profits fall, and the stock market turns down.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.

    The one sure mark of a con, though, is the promise of free money.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - You get a constituency; you make them believe your promises, and then you turn them over to your financial campaign backers. That’s what politics has become and that’s as much an art of deception as economics is.

    You get a constituency; you make them believe your promises, and then you turn them over to your financial campaign backers. That’s what politics has become and that’s as much an art of deception as economics is.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Somehow most people believed they could get rich by going into debt to borrow assets that were going to rise in price. But you can’t get rich, ultimately, by going into debt. In the end the creditors always win.

    Somehow most people believed they could get rich by going into debt to borrow assets that were going to rise in price. But you can’t get rich, ultimately, by going into debt. In the end the creditors always win.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - The only way people can repay the debt is by cutting their living standards very drastically. It means agreeing to shift their pension plans from defined benefit plans.

    The only way people can repay the debt is by cutting their living standards very drastically. It means agreeing to shift their pension plans from defined benefit plans.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Russia was under the impression that the neoliberal advisors were going to make Russia as rich as the United States. What they really did was create a kleptocracy that was virtually tax-free.

    Russia was under the impression that the neoliberal advisors were going to make Russia as rich as the United States. What they really did was create a kleptocracy that was virtually tax-free.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Driving down the interest rates creates a boom in the stock market, and also the real estate market. The resulting capital gains not treated as income.

    Driving down the interest rates creates a boom in the stock market, and also the real estate market. The resulting capital gains not treated as income.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - The myth is that if housing prices go up, Americans will be richer. What banks – and behind them, the Federal Reserve – really want is for new buyers to be able to borrow enough money to buy the houses from mortgage defaulters, and thus save the banks from suffering from more mortgage defaults.

    The myth is that if housing prices go up, Americans will be richer. What banks – and behind them, the Federal Reserve – really want is for new buyers to be able to borrow enough money to buy the houses from mortgage defaulters, and thus save the banks from suffering from more mortgage defaults.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Wages for the ninety-nine percent have gone down, steadily, since 2008. They’ve gone down especially for the bottom twenty-five percent of the population. Download This Image

    Wages for the ninety-nine percent have gone down, steadily, since 2008. They’ve gone down especially for the bottom twenty-five percent of the population.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Most of these charges that people pay are economically unnecessary. There’s no real cost behind them. There’s no real value behind them. So, they’re what the classical economist called empty pricing. Prices with no real cost value. Download This Image

    Most of these charges that people pay are economically unnecessary. There’s no real cost behind them. There’s no real value behind them. So, they’re what the classical economist called empty pricing. Prices with no real cost value.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Textbooks don’t teach people how to avoid paying any income tax. But that’s what an army of tax lawyers and corporate tax accountants do.

    Textbooks don’t teach people how to avoid paying any income tax. But that’s what an army of tax lawyers and corporate tax accountants do.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - I think I’m just going to move out and buy a cheaper house.” So it’s very risky when you have only a 3% or 3.5% equity for the loan. The bank really isn’t left with much cushion as collateral. Download This Image

    I think I’m just going to move out and buy a cheaper house.” So it’s very risky when you have only a 3% or 3.5% equity for the loan. The bank really isn’t left with much cushion as collateral.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services. Download This Image

    Paying debt service to banks leaves less income to buy goods and services.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - And then the parasites have another enzyme that takes over the host’s brain. It makes the host imagine that the parasite is part of its own body, actually part of itself and hence to be protected. That’s basically what Wall Street has done. Download This Image

    And then the parasites have another enzyme that takes over the host’s brain. It makes the host imagine that the parasite is part of its own body, actually part of itself and hence to be protected. That’s basically what Wall Street has done.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - Today, people are having to spend so much of their money, to acquire a house and to get an education that they don’t have enough to spend on goods and services, except by running into yet more debt on their credit cards and other borrowings.

    Today, people are having to spend so much of their money, to acquire a house and to get an education that they don’t have enough to spend on goods and services, except by running into yet more debt on their credit cards and other borrowings.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Michael Hudson Quote - This is not really currency that circulates. It’s like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and once in a while somebody will buy a 50-year-old bottle of wine and say, “Wait a minute. This has gone bad.” The answer is, “Well, that wine isn’t for drinking; that’s for trading.”

    This is not really currency that circulates. It’s like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and once in a while somebody will buy a 50-year-old bottle of wine and say, “Wait a minute. This has gone bad.” The answer is, “Well, that wine isn’t for drinking; that’s for trading.”

    MICHAEL HUDSON