A (belated) Look at Finding the Money
The documentary is a good first step, like a union organizer’s introductory pamphlet. But it’s only telling half the story.
Economic Justice
Inflation as a Weapon of Class Power: A Modern Monetary and Marxist-Leninist Perspective
Inflation is not some natural economic phenomenon, nor is it merely the result of too much money chasing too few goods. That’s the myth popularized by Milton Friedman and his monetarist acolytes.
Modern Monetary Theory Without Class Struggle is Just Accounting
MMT insights become revolutionary only when wielded by movements strong enough to break capital’s structural power.
Do Bond Sales & Borrowing Finance US Deficit Spending?
Professor L. Randall Wray responds to this question and debunks the misunderstandings and fallacies surrounding it.
Is Capitalism Eternal?
Change isn’t limited to activists; it happens when people read and show up when needed. Anyone can make a difference in their community, and that small change might be the catalyst for something bigger.
Obamacare and the Science of Prolonged Decay
The failure of a health care “reform” fostered within the blight of the capitalist model reveals how incrementalism cannot solve the most formidable ecological and social crises of our day.
The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’
The past never truly stays where it belongs. Even when the truth is carefully scrubbed from our understanding of history, its spores disperse through time to seep into the firmament like a persistent black mold poisoning the air we breathe.
Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now
While today’s college lending system may not begin with death… in the United States, the high cost of a college education can have deadly consequences.
16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income
Yes, sending a check to people is not as “messy,” but let’s stop pretending that it’s a panacea for the fundamental problem of economic insecurity.
