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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?
Working Class Dismissed

Working Class Dismissed

John Siener

Do you hear revolution’s call?
Landlord Elegy

Landlord Elegy

John Siener

A poetic tribute to the suffocating infestation known as the rentier class.
The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

Roger Gest

Not having a Green New Deal, however, could result in devastating cost-push (left finger) inflation.
A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

Steven D. Grumbine

Quite frankly… you are not worth the effort. Come back to me when you are ready to talk in good faith.
Weimar Republic Hyperinflation Through a Modern Monetary Theory Lens

Weimar Republic Hyperinflation Through a Modern Monetary Theory Lens

Warren Mosler

In this article, we dispute the mainstream view that the inflation of the Weimar Republic was caused by a proactive expansion of the stock of money by the German government acting in concert with the Reichsbank.
Taxes for Revenue are Obsolete

Taxes for Revenue are Obsolete

Real Progressives

“All federal taxes must meet the test of public policy and practical effect. The public purpose which is served should never be obscured in a tax program under the mask of raising revenue.”