Economic Justice
Articles
Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending
Steven D. Grumbine
Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its…
“Debt” Ceilings for Dummies
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…
The Illusion of Upward Mobility
Steven D. Grumbine
There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted,…
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.
