It’s Time to Call it What It Is – A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis
Let’s be clear— this isn’t about voting. This is about building a revolution— an international solidarity movement big enough to take on and replace global capitalism.
Let’s be clear— this isn’t about voting. This is about building a revolution— an international solidarity movement big enough to take on and replace global capitalism.
A declaration of war is a legal framework that sets in motion a process of “mobilization” in which the national government directs real resources—labor, engineering expertise, technology, material—toward the goal of defeating an enemy threat.
From the definition of a dollar as a unit of measure all the way to what The Fed is and how public policy can be informed – Grumbine runs the gamut on MMT basics.
The report acknowledges that limiting global temperatures to 1.5℃ this century is now extremely difficult. Achieving net-zero global emissions by 2050 is the absolute minimum required to to avoid the worst climate impacts.
Fadhel will introduce the audience to the core principles of MMT, highlight the real limits to the Federal government’s spending capacity, and illustrate that a comprehensive set of transformative policies can be introduced to fight the COVID crisis, climate change, inequality, and unemployment without bankrupting the country or causing inflation.
Abstract Forecasts by economists of the economic damage from climate change have been notably sanguine, compared to warnings by scientists about damage to the biosphere. This is because economists made their own predictions of damages, using three spurious methods: assuming that about 90% of GDP will be unaffected by climate change, because it happens indoors; …
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Steve and Steven discuss what the prospects are for a viable economic system with a 40 percent reduction by 2030 and no new emissions by 2050.
So long as progressive leaders are allowed to back-pedal on this topic. little progress can ever be made to address the Big Three challenges that are growing more formidable every day.