Professor Michael Hudson Explains the Fake Economics of Donald Trump
Hudson, author of "J Is for Junk Economics," talks about the now-discarded Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and the president's first hundred hours.In the second half of this episode of the “Keiser Report,” economics professor Michael Hudson, author of “J Is for Junk Economics,” talks about the fake economy, the abandoned Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and Donald Trump’s first hundred hours.
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