Lo Daniels: Michael Hudson: Criminalization of the Economy « Dandelion Salad http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/michael-hudson-criminalization-of-the-economy/

Financial and fiscal austerity policies; the appeal of economic austerity to bankers; economic depression and war; post-WWII vs. post-cold war economic policy; government to government grants vs. commercial lending; the euro and dollar; privatization in New Zealand and elsewhere; social unrest; speculation and prices; criminalization of the economy; impoverishment of the US.