Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson

Book Overview

How financial parasites and debt destroy the global economy. Professor Hudson continues the discussion on the financialization of capital and its global effects.

KILLING THE HOST exposes how finance, insurance, and real estate (the FIRE sector) have gained control of the global economy at the expense of industrial capitalism and governments. The FIRE sector is responsible for today's economic polarization (the 1% vs. the 99%) via favored tax...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3981484282
• ISBN13: 9783981484281
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Islet
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"