Private equity funds and other Wall Street investors are buying up homes across the US and the West, driving up rent and the cost of living. Economist Michael Hudson explains how these corporate landlords are a result of the system of financialized capitalism, dominated by an unproductive rentier class. He is interviewed by host Ben Norton.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJd0d7Uda2MTranscript: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/corporate-landlords-rent-michael-hudsonPart 1 of this interview: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/world-us-financial-colonialism-economist-michael-hudsonRead Michael's article "How the Global Majority can free itself from US financial colonialism": https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/17/michael-hudson-global-majority-us-financial-colonialism/Michael's website: https://michael-hudson.com/Topics