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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.
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Back to [MMT] Basics
Steven D. Grumbine
From the definition of a dollar as a unit of measure all the way to what The Fed is and how public policy can be informed – Grumbine runs the gamut on MMT basics.
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.
