Economists

President Trump has clearly run out of patience with Putin, reducing his 50-day deadline to end the war in Ukraine to little more than a week. The penalty will be severe tariffs, which the US says will hammer the Russian economy. Yet Russia’s economy is actually growing because of its extraordinary spending on weapons,

The Price of Empire w/ Jeffrey Sachs (Live)

Economist Michael Hudson describes how the Western powers designed the international financial, legal, and political system in a way that benefits North American corporations at the expense of the countries of the Global South. He also proposes ways for the Global Majority to resist US neocolonialism, in this interview

Martin Armstrong returns to the podcast with an wide-ranging interview discussing all the angles around Donald Trump's recent declarations and actions.  We try to cut through the noise to determine whether war is really coming or not. Also for discussion is the possible reform of the Fed, how the Deep State really work

The Forecast Before the Forecast: What Comes Before the Silver Surge In this special episode, Martin Armstrong returns to lay the groundwork for one of the biggest market turning points of the decade. You’ll hear: Why the world is nearing a confidence collapse How capital is already stampeding across borders What the h

Interview recorded - 25th of July, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure to welcome back Professor Richard Wolff. Richard is a well-known critic of an alternative contemporary economic system, host of the Economic Update and Founding Director of Democracy at work. During our conversation we sp