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Biography

Michael Hudson is head of investigations at the Guardian US, helping the Guardian launch its first US investigations team. He previously served two stints as as a senior editor at ICIJ, most recently from 2019 until September 2023, during which time he worked on the FinCEN Files, Pandora Papers, Uber Files and Trafficking Inc. investigations. In his first stint at ICIJ, he worked as a reporter, writer and editor on ICIJ's Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers investigation in 2016 and on ICIJ's Pandora Papers investigation in 2021. As global investigations editor at The Associated Press from 2017 to 2019, he edited the AP's investigation of war crimes and corruption in Yemen, which won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, and helped oversee the AP's coverage of the U.S. immigration crisis, which was honored with a Robert F. Kennedy Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting. He previously worked as a reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, the Wall Street Journal and the Roanoke (Va.) Times and as investigative editor for Southern Exposure Magazine. His work has also appeared in Forbes, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Le Monde, and El País. His two decades of reporting on mortgage and banking fraud prompted media observers to call him the reporter “who beat the world on subprime abuses,” the “guru of all things predatory lending” and the “Woodward/Bernstein of the mortgage crisis.” Columbia Journalism Review said: “You have to marvel at how a reporter can put this stuff together but the SEC/Department of Justice/FTC/FHA etc. can’t.” His reporting has won or shared many honors, including four Investigative Editors and Reporters Awards, four George Polk Awards, a John Hancock Award for business journalism and accolades from the National Press Club, the White House Correspondents’ Association, the American Bar Association, the New York Press Club and the New York State Society of CPAs. His series of stories for the Center for Public Integrity, "The Great Mortgage Cover-Up," won two awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and was selected to appear in Columbia University Press's Best Business Writing, 2012. Hudson was editor and lead author of Merchants of Misery: How Corporate America Profits from Poverty (Common Courage Press, 1996), which won a Project Censored Award and Gustavus Myers Book Award. His most recent book, The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America—and Spawned a Global Crisis (Times Books, 2010), was named Baltimore City Paper Book of the Year and was called “essential reading for anyone concerned with the mortgage crisis” by Library Journal.

Content

Total articles 307

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  Return of the Robber Barons

  By Michael Hudson Verified

  Apr. 13, 2025

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  Child rushed to hospital after being hit by car

  By Michael Hudson Verified

  Mar. 25, 2025

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  Puzzles Of Digitalisation And Slowdown Of Productivity Growth| Countercurrents

  By Bhabani Nayak, Ranjan Solomon, Mehleen Syed, Michael Hudson Verified

  Mar. 14, 2025

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Company Info

The Guardian

Guardian News & Media (GNM) is a subsidiary of Guardian Media Group plc, responsible for publishing *The Guardian* and *The Observer* newspapers, along with their digital platforms. GNM is wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited, which ensures its editorial and financial independence. The company has a rich history, with *The Guardian* founded in 1821 and rebranded in 1959. GNM was incorporated in 1967 and adopted its current name in 2006. The headquarters is located in Kings Place, London. GNM produces a range of publications, including the daily *The Guardian* and the Sunday *Observer*, the latter being the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. Its digital presence includes the global news website theguardian.com and the Guardian app, which provides access to news, podcasts, and live updates. GNM also offers *The Guardian Weekly*, a compact international edition, and focuses on investigative journalism and multimedia content. With a global reach, GNM serves a politically engaged audience and attracts over 100 million unique visitors monthly across its digital platforms.