Articles from Our Community

Where Does A Bullet Go?
Roger Gest
We need to slash our obscenely large and lethal military, but cutting military spending means less money entering our communities.

Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending
Steven D. Grumbine
Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?

Your Money or Your Life
Real Progressives
The function of government itself once it’s privatized is to make money for the donor class, which is basically the financial class and the monopoly class that finance creates.

“Debt” Ceilings for Dummies
Roger Gest
Beautifully simple are a sovereign nation’s sectoral balances. They readily demonstrate that the government’s negative is the public’s positive, and vice versa.

Cryptocurrency : the Medium IS the Scam
Roger Gest
In a piece titled “Cryptocurrency: Don’t Blame the Medium for the Scam,” libertarian Counterpunch contributor Thomas Knapp wholly misunderstands the nature of money and cryptocurrency.

The Illusion of Upward Mobility
Steven D. Grumbine
There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted, at the locked door, chased by all the angry working people who think you’ve found the key.

Comparative Analysis of Modern Monetary Theory and Textbook Economics
Rishabh Balamitran
The current economic framework within which policy is developed seems incapable of addressing climate change. Even policymakers who acknowledge the magnitude of the problem are avoiding real solutions, not knowing how solutions can be funded.

US health insurers get more and more federal funding, deliver less and less care
Cory Doctorow
The American healthcare system is the worst of all possible worlds. Unlike every other wealthy country, the US leaves its health insurance to the private sector, where your health and your life are a distant second to shareholder profits.

How Banks Create Money When They Lend
Charlie Silva
It is up to academics and informed lay-people alike to alter the understanding of banking in the public consciousness.