
Economic Justice
Articles

The Emperor’s New Commodities
Jonathan Kadmon
Frauds and hucksters have always relied on false dichotomies and thought-terminating cliches to misdirect the attention of their audience from…

Where to Start Learning About MMT
Steven D. Grumbine
Have you recently discovered MMT or Modern Monetary Theory and want to learn more but aren’t sure where to start?…

The National Debt and Other Red Herrings
Jonathan Kadmon
Discussions of inflation are often laden with an air of superstition and moral panic. Like all such things they can only…
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.