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Economic Justice

It Almost Happened Here

It Almost Happened Here: The Business Plot, Money Creation, And The Capital Order

November 22, 2024March 31, 2023 by Jonathan Kadmon

What power actually fears is that their carefully crafted illusions will go up in smoke.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Gold Standard, Propaganda
Where Does A Bullet Go?

Where Does A Bullet Go?

November 5, 2024March 12, 2023 by Roger Gest

We need to slash our obscenely large and lethal military, but cutting military spending means less money entering our communities.

Categories Economic Justice, Peace with Justice Tags Deficit, Imperialism, Military Industial Complex
Taxes Don't Fund Spending

Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending

November 24, 2024February 26, 2023 by Steven D. Grumbine

Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, MMT, Taxation
“Debt" Ceilings for Dummies

“Debt” Ceilings for Dummies

November 5, 2024January 10, 2023 by Roger Gest

Beautifully simple are a sovereign nation’s sectoral balances. They readily demonstrate that the government’s negative is the public’s positive, and vice versa.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Debt Ceiling, Deficit, Federal Reserve, Sectoral Balances, Treasury
The Illusion of Upward Mobility

The Illusion of Upward Mobility

October 27, 2024November 15, 2022 by Steven D. Grumbine

There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted, at the locked door, chased by all the angry working people who think you’ve found the key.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Class War
How Banks Create Money When They Lend

How Banks Create Money When They Lend

October 27, 2024September 22, 2022 by Charlie Silva

It is up to academics and informed lay-people alike to alter the understanding of banking in the public consciousness.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Banking, Federal Reserve
It’s Time to Call it What It Is - A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis

It’s Time to Call it What It Is – A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis

October 21, 2024September 16, 2022 by Erin McCarley

Let’s be clear— this isn’t about voting. This is about building a revolution— an international solidarity movement big enough to take on and replace global capitalism.

Categories Economic Justice, Environmental & Ecological Justice Tags Capitalism, Communism, Imperialism, Socialism
Sound Money

Sound Money

October 21, 2024September 14, 2022 by Cory Doctorow

The inflation hawks have a point: inflation is genuinely destabilizing. But where the inflation hawks go wrong is in blaming “money printing” for inflation.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Hyperinflation, Inflation
The Emperor's New Commodities

The Emperor’s New Commodities

October 21, 2024July 14, 2022 by Jonathan Kadmon

Frauds and hucksters have always relied on false dichotomies and thought-terminating cliches to misdirect the attention of their audience from more appealing alternatives.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Capitalism, Class War, Inflation, Universal Basic Services, Universal Healthcare
Where to Start Learning About MMT

Where to Start Learning About MMT

October 21, 2024March 22, 2022 by Steven D. Grumbine

Have you recently discovered MMT or Modern Monetary Theory and want to learn more but aren’t sure where to start? Well, start at the beginning, of course!

Categories Economic Justice Tags Banking, Federal Job Guarantee, MMT
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