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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
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.”
Ayn Rand and the Missing Gun
Nathan Locke
Ayn Rand might be dead wrong, but that hasn’t stopped her ideas from having a profound effect on Congress.
Thorium Nuclear Power and MMT: A Revolutionary Marriage Necessary for Our Survival?
John Siener
With clean energy tech evolving rapidly, the strangling grip of the fossil fuel industry on our economy never more obvious, and the ominous shadow of climate change bearing down on humanity, the time is prime for radical change.
Why Government Spending Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Venezuela
Fadhel Kaboub
When poor countries fall prey to inflation, it’s not because they’re “too socialist.” The rising popularity of modern monetary theory (MMT) has inevitably brought misconceptions.
The ABC Act, Platinum Coins, & Seigniorage
Roger Gest
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
Neoliberalism at Work through the Universal Basic Income
Steven D. Grumbine
This simplistic, incorrect, and devastatingly neoliberal plan of instituting a Universal Basic Income will be the final blow against the public purpose and General Welfare Clause as well as an effective coup for the rightwing to establish cash payment as opposed to the services millions desperately need.
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.
Hypocrisy and Deception for US Venezuela Policy
Peter F. Crowley
US policy towards Venezuela is deception and hypocrisy.
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.
