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Imperialism Reading Group - Super Imperialism, by Michael Hudson - Epilogue, Questions, Suggestions
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We made it to the final chapter of the book! Last thread is here.
As I said in the previous thread, apologies for not posting a new thread last week. The superimperialists keep starting major wars and keeping me busy in the news megathread.
This thread will serve as the final one for the book, as a holding thread for any observations, questions, and suggestions for further books. There have been a few books suggested, such as How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, but if anybody has other suggestions, particularly for ones focussed on West Asia given ongoing events, then I'm all ears!
I plan to give everybody, including myself, a few weeks to rest, catch up, and be distracted by the potential beginning of World War 3. How busy I'll be will be determined by how the Iran conflict progresses, but I'm currently thinking to start the next book in late July.
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I enjoyed this. I don't quite agree with Hudson:s persistent focus on monetary Imperialism, nor with his conclusions about the Soviet economy, the drive towards World War II, and other conclusions that come from his over-emphasis, but this was absolutely a valuable method for looking into one factor of the modern US Empire and how it functions. I think one of the issues I ran into was the financial jargon, I was able to follow for the most part but Hudson lost me here or there along the way.
Thanks for hosting this! As for suggestions, I don't have any specific for the Middle East, but would love to read about it to help follow the current situation much bettee. It's clearly a gap in my knowledge.