Leid Stories – 07.16.15

World Money Woes: Bankruptcies, Bailouts and Big-Trade Boondoggles

Diplomatic scholar, historian, attorney and prolific author Dr. Gerald Horne takes a look at major international trade issues and corresponding shifts in global power, and the impact of these factors on U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores chair of history and African American studies at the University of Houston. He also teaches graduate courses in diplomatic history. He has written more than 30 books, and more than 100 scholarly papers and reviews, on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism.

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