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Economic Justice

The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

The Green New Deal Will Prevent Inflation

November 12, 2024December 21, 2020 by Roger Gest

Not having a Green New Deal, however, could result in devastating cost-push (left finger) inflation.

Categories Economic Justice, Environmental & Ecological Justice, Technology & Innovation Tags Green New Deal, Inflation
A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

A Hyperinflation Hyperventilator Cannot Be Reasoned With

November 24, 2024December 5, 2020 by Steven D. Grumbine

Quite frankly… you are not worth the effort. Come back to me when you are ready to talk in good faith.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Hyperinflation, MMT, Venezuela, Weimar, Zimbabwe
Taxes For Revenue Are Obsolete

Taxes for Revenue are Obsolete

December 2, 2024October 3, 2020 by 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.”

Categories Economic Justice, Real Progressives Tags Federal Reserve, Taxation

Why Government Spending Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Venezuela

November 24, 2024August 31, 2020 by 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.

Categories Academic, Economic Justice Tags Colonialism, Hyperinflation, IMF, Inflation, MMT, Venezuela
The ABC Act, Platinum Coins, & Seigniorage

The ABC Act, Platinum Coins, & Seigniorage

November 5, 2024July 3, 2020 by 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

Categories Democracy, Economic Justice, Technology & Innovation Tags Debt, Deficit, Taxation
Neoliberalism at Work through the Universal Basic Income

Neoliberalism at Work through the Universal Basic Income

January 11, 2025September 17, 2019 by 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.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Federal Job Guarantee, Neoliberalism, UBI
The 40 Year Slide

The 40 Year Slide

October 27, 2024November 30, 2018 by 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.

Categories Democracy, Economic Justice Tags Austerity, Inflation, MMT, Neoliberalism, Propaganda
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An MMT Tutorial That Covers The Basics

November 24, 2024September 5, 2018 by Hector Danson

This MMT tutorial provides short answers to several questions.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, Inflation, MMT, National Debt, Sectoral Balances, Taxation, Weimar, Zimbabwe
End the FEDish: Redirecting Our Anger and Efforts to Save the World

End the FEDish: Redirecting Our Anger and Efforts to Save the World

October 27, 2024February 4, 2018 by Steven D. Grumbine

Not “believing in” the insights coming from the MMT lens is denying the institutional reality of how money is created and operationalized.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, MMT, National Debt
The Truth About 'Printing Money'

The Truth About ‘Printing Money’

November 24, 2024December 26, 2017 by Steven D. Grumbine

If government spending is just “printing money” then taxing is simply “unprinting money”. It’s a circuit.

Categories Economic Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Class War, Deficit, MMT, Taxation
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