Michael Hudson is a Next Systems Project fellow. He is president of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street financial analyst, distinguished research professor of economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author whose works include J is Junk Economics (2017), Killing the Host (2015), The Bubble and Beyond (2012), Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009), and The Myth of Aid (1971). Hudson has served as an economic adviser to the US, Canadian, Mexican, and Latvian governments, and as a consultant to UNITAR, the Institute for Research on Public Policy, and the Canadian Science Council, among other organizations. While at the Hudson Institute, he published studies on world monetary reform (with Herman Kahn), the balance‑of‑payments implications of the energy crisis, technology transfer, and related topics for the Energy Research Development Agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and other US agencies.