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Michael Hudson – The American Empire self-destructs
http://www.defenddemocracy.press/michael-hudson-the-american-empire-self- destructs/
Empires often follow the course of a Greek tragedy, bringing about
precisely the fate that they sought to avoid. That certainly is the case
with the American Empire as it dismantles itself in not-so-slow motion.
The basic assumption of economic and diplomatic forecasting is that every country will act in its own self-interest. Such reasoning is of no help in today’s world. Observers across the political spectrum are using phrases
like “shooting themselves in their own foot” to describe U.S. diplomatic confrontation with Russia and allies alike.
For more than a generation the most prominent U.S. diplomats have warned
about what they thought would represent the ultimate external threat: an alliance of Russia and China dominating Eurasia. America’s economic
sanctions and military confrontation has driven them together, and is
driving other countries into their emerging Eurasian orbit.
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Russia is discovering (or is on the verge of discovering) that it does not
need U.S. dollars as backing for the ruble’s exchange rate. Its central
bank can create the rubles needed to pay domestic wages and finance
capital formation. The U.S. confiscations thus may finally lead Russia to
end neoliberal monetary philosophy, as Sergei Glaziev has long been
advocating in favor of MMT.
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