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Economic Justice

You Know Nothing About Economics

You Know Nothing About Economics

February 26, 2025February 21, 2025 by Thomas Swan

But there is no shame in that…

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, Inflation, MMT, National Debt, Taxation
Do Bond Sales & Borrowing Finance US Deficit Spending?

Do Bond Sales & Borrowing Finance US Deficit Spending?

November 23, 2024February 22, 2024 by L. Randall Wray

Professor L. Randall Wray responds to this question and debunks the misunderstandings and fallacies surrounding it.

Categories Economic Justice, New Economic Perspectives Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, MMT
Is Capitalism Eternal?

Is Capitalism Eternal?

November 22, 2024February 12, 2024 by Zeta Violet Koloskzi

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.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice Tags Capitalism, Class War
Obamacare and the Science of Prolonged Decay

Obamacare and the Science of Prolonged Decay

October 16, 2024November 10, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

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.

Categories Economic Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Capitalism, Federal Job Guarantee, Medicare For All, Unions
The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’

The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’

October 16, 2024October 19, 2023 by Jonathan Kadmon

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.

Categories Democracy, Economic Justice Tags Capitalism, Class War, Neoliberalism
Blood Money: Student Debt Then and Now

Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now

November 22, 2024July 2, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

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.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Debt Ceiling, Student Debt
16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income

16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income

October 21, 2024June 28, 2023 by Pavlina Tcherneva

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.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, New Economic Perspectives Tags Austerity, Federal Job Guarantee, UBI
The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate

The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate

October 21, 2024May 31, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

As this current installment of the debt ceiling franchise draws to an unsatisfactory close — let us vow to make this our last debt ceiling showdown.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Debt Ceiling, Deficit, Federal Reserve, Treasury
SVB: It's a Wonderful Lie

SVB: It’s a Wonderful Lie

November 5, 2024May 14, 2023 by Roger Gest

So, who is responsible for this fiasco? Or for the last one? Or the next?  Any reasonable person can see that the present system is untenable.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Banking, Federal Reserve, Inflation
The Price of Hunger

The Price of Hunger

October 21, 2024May 6, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

Inadequate access to nutrition is a problem Americans can solve. It’s time to shut down the false narratives about pay-fors that keep solutions out of reach.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Austerity, Inflation, Taxation, Universal Basic Services
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