Economic Justice
Articles
The Scam of Pragmatism: An Origin Story of ‘Just the Way It Is’
Jonathan Kadmon
The past never truly stays where it belongs. Even when the truth is carefully scrubbed from our understanding of history,…
Blood Money: Student Debt Then And Now
Karen Caligiuri
While today’s college lending system may not begin with death… in the United States, the high cost of a college…
16 Reasons Matt Yglesias is Wrong about the Job Guarantee vs. Basic Income
Pavlina Tcherneva
Yes, sending a check to people is not as “messy,” but let’s stop pretending that it’s a panacea for the…
Podcast Episodes
Episode 242 – Monetary Operations: Coordinated vs. Consolidated with Eric Tymoigne
Economist Eric Tymoigne explains the relationship and operations of the Federal Reserve and Treasury and looks at the implications for govt spending and taxing.
Episode 241 – The MMT Lens with Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell talks with Steve about MMT as a lens for the politics of degrowth. They also discuss the corporate counterattack on the social democratic trends of the postwar era.
Episode 240 – Can Unions Reclaim the Strike? with Joe Burns
Labor lawyer and negotiator Joe Burns talks with Steve about the US labor movement, class struggle unionism, and the radicalism of the working class.