Economic Justice
Articles
Let’s Play the Pay For Game
Stephanie Kelton
Admit that taxes don’t “pay for” anything and that all government spending is paid for in one way and one…
Four Purposes of Federal Taxes
Steven Hail
Beardsley Ruml wrote in 1946 that taxes for revenue are obsolete. So what ARE they for?
Bernanke’s 29 Trillion Dollar Fog of Deceit
L. Randall Wray
It is certain that no government anywhere, ever, has committed so much to benefit so few.
Podcast Episodes
Episode 266 – Les Milei with Daniel Conceição
Daniel Conceição discusses Argentine President Milei’s disastrous austerity policies and the dangers of macroeconomic illiteracy.
Episode 264 – Deconstructing the Colonial Archetype with Fadhel Kaboub
Economist Fadhel Kaboub talks about Africa and the global South, including issues of external debt, food deficits, energy deficits, and manufacturing deficits.
Episode 262 – How Are We Going to Pay for It? with Geoff Ginter, Rohan Grey, and Yeva Nersisyan
A panel on MMT’s answer to the question “how will we pay for Medicare for All?” Geoff Ginter, activist and healthcare worker; Yeva Nersisyan, an associate professor of economics; Rohan Grey, an assistant professor of Law.
