Articles from Our Community
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
Birrion Sondahl
Stated-based programs face many pitfalls that National Improved Medicare for All would not.
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
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
Steven Hail
Beardsley Ruml wrote in 1946 that taxes for revenue are obsolete. So what ARE they for?
Landlord Elegy
John Siener
A poetic tribute to the suffocating infestation known as the rentier class.
The ABC Act, Platinum Coins, & Seigniorage
Greg Roest
The Automatic BOOST to Communities (ABC) Act, introduced by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib with the support of Congresswoman Jayapal as well as economist and lawyer, Professor Rohan Grey, is how … Read more
The Bernie Factor in Modern Monetary Theory
Steven D. Grumbine
Neoliberalism is a rogue military state and it became the orthodoxy through violence. Austerity-induced death. The antidote is MMT.
The 40 Year Slide
Steven D. Grumbine
The lies were baked into the school system, newspapers, sitcoms, political debates even cartoons took the ideas of neoliberalism into the hearts and minds of our children…the people.
Work Together to Understand and Build
Steven D. Grumbine
Don’t let narratives by others dissuade our shared purpose.