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.
Economic Justice
The Rotating Hans Grubers of the Debt Ceiling Debate
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.
SVB: It’s a Wonderful Lie
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.
The Price of Hunger
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.
It Almost Happened Here: The Business Plot, Money Creation, And The Capital Order
What power actually fears is that their carefully crafted illusions will go up in smoke.
Where Does A Bullet Go?
We need to slash our obscenely large and lethal military, but cutting military spending means less money entering our communities.
Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending
Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?
“Debt” Ceilings for Dummies
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.
The Illusion of Upward Mobility
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.
How Banks Create Money When They Lend
It is up to academics and informed lay-people alike to alter the understanding of banking in the public consciousness.
