Any time there is an MMT post, the comments are dominated by conspiracy theorists, haters of government, goldbugs, and victims of alien probings who are certain that MMT-ers are united in their effort to ramp up government until it consumes the entire economy.
Yes, sending a check to people is not as “messy,” but let’s stop pretending that it’s a panacea for the fundamental problem of economic insecurity.
We call upon all progressive candidates and officeholders to embrace our proposal and seek to enact a 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights.
Some readers might be offended by criticism of the US military, but nothing should be above critique. Some of the worst periods of human history occurred when people didn’t question authority or question the course their society was taking.
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.
In the latest RP Book Club series, we’ll be featuring Pavlina Tcherneva’s ‘The Case For A Job Guarantee’. The author herself is joining us for one of the sessions. We will have 4 weekly meetings, beginning 6/17, with the last session on 7/8. We will begin promptly at 8:30pmE/5:30pmP and last roughly 2 hours, 1 …
Today’s “populists,”—both right and left—appear to believe that virtually anything the U.S. federal government does is an oppression of individual liberty, private rights and local control of resources and norms. Setting aside adolescent posturing—like refusing to wear face masks at the height of a national pandemic, or the will to anarchy generated by racist fears—there …
Coupled with the Patriot Jobs Act, often referred to as the “Federal Jobs Guarantee,” these two policies would provide homes and jobs for every American.
