This interview was conducted at Peking University for the Second World Conference on Marxism, May 7, 2018. It was conducted by Lau Kin Chi of the Global University for Sustainability....Michael Hudson inherited impeccable Marxist credentials.
When I was 3 years old my father was put in jail under the Smith Act as a political prisoner for having the works of Lenin and Marx on his shelves and for being one of the leaders of the Minneapolis general strikes from 1934 to 1936. So I grew up knowing many members of the Russian Revolution, members of the Central Committee when Lenin was in power....
In 1960 when Leon Trotsky’s widow Natalia died, the executor of his estate Max Schachtman assigned me the copyrights, saying that since I was Trotsky’s godson, I should do a publishing company....Good read, even if you are not a fan. It's pretty funny to hear him tell the tales of what shaped him as an economist and historian of economics. Quite remarkable, actually.
Michael Hudson — On Finance, Real Estate And The Powers Of Neoliberalism
Life & Thought: An Autobiography
Michael Hudson | President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Guest Professor at Peking University
Michael Hudson | President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Guest Professor at Peking University
That is an excellent interview. The man has led an amazing life.
ReplyDeleteHe could have gone into banking and made a fortune but he chose socialism and academia instead. I bet he has lived the most interesting and rewarding life.
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