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 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.
