This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week’s thread is here.
Welcome to the seventeenth week of Michael Hudson’s Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of US World Dominance! I’m reading the Third Edition.
For every week, I will write a summary of the chapter(s) read, for those who have already read the book and don’t wish to reread, can’t follow along for various reasons, or for those joining later who want to dive right in to the next book without needing to pick this one up too. I will post all my chapter summaries in this final thread, for access in one convenient location. Please comment or message me directly if you wish to be pinged for this group.
This week, we will be reading Chapter 16: Monetary Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century, which is approximately 15 pages.
haha i caught up to you
i’m actually now wondering, do gulf state shenanigans connected to sports flows from “can’t buy our shit, surplus countries, here buy golf or mma promotion”.
also soviet importing grain, thanks
. I wonder though why soviets were bothering with gas extraction and selling, whatever for?