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The National Debt and Other Red Herrings

The National Debt and Other Red Herrings

Jonathan Kadmon

Discussions of inflation are often laden with an air of superstition and moral panic. Like all such things they can only persist in the face of misunderstanding and rumor.
Single Payer “State by State”? No. Here’s why…

Single Payer “State by State”? No. Here’s why…

Geoff Ginter

There really is only one way to go, and we can only get there by all rowing in the same direction at the same time and forcing the federal government to enact, and fully fund, single-payer healthcare – Medicare For All.
The Psychology of Collective Solutions

The Psychology of Collective Solutions

Jonathan Kadmon

Alone as individuals we are vulnerable and only human. Those human limitations put a ceiling on our freedom and our power to shape a better world. But collectively as a community we are so very much more.
When Will America Declare War on Climate-Change?

When Will America Declare War on Climate-Change?

J.D. ALT

A declaration of war is a legal framework that sets in motion a process of “mobilization” in which the national government directs real resources—labor, engineering expertise, technology, material—toward the goal of defeating an enemy threat.
The Dilemma of the Cooperative Gene

The Dilemma of the Cooperative Gene

J.D. ALT

Given the relationship between “money” and real resources, it is impossible to equitably “share” real resources, and effectively create collective goods, when money is a scarce commodity controlled by competition.
State Based Medicare for All? Not so fast, says Dr. Margaret Flowers

State Based Medicare for All? Not so fast, says Dr. Margaret Flowers

Birrion Sondahl

Stated-based programs face many pitfalls that National Improved Medicare for All would not.
Let’s Play the Pay For Game

Let’s Play the Pay For Game

Stephanie Kelton

Admit that taxes don’t “pay for” anything and that all government spending is paid for in one way and one way only—the Federal Reserve credits the appropriate bank accounts.
Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

Fadhel Kaboub

So join me in this struggle, it’s my final plea. I’ll die trying if I have to, for this better future is within reach, and it’s yearning to be set free.
Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

Four Purposes of Federal Taxes

Steven Hail

Beardsley Ruml wrote in 1946 that taxes for revenue are obsolete. So what ARE they for?
Landlord Elegy

Landlord Elegy

John Siener

A poetic tribute to the suffocating infestation known as the rentier class.