Payments to Alaskans are Not a UBI
Instead, we should look to stabilize our national economy with a Federal Jobs Guarantee instead of using a program unique to just one state.
Federal Job Guarantee
MMT and the Homes Guarantee
Ashley Burke explains how housing organizers and community activists can use the MMT framework as one tool to make their dream a reality.
Federal Jobs Guarantee: Necessary Pandemic Auto-Stabilizer
It allows us to prevent shocks to our economy that cause suffering for the 99%.
Federal Job Guarantee: Mark Cuban’s Concerns, Answered
It is my hope that this article can provide some of the persuasion Mark Cuban (and others with similar concerns) will need to endorse a Federal Job Guarantee.
Functional Fiscalism
What I am going to imagine here is an argument that a progressive politician (for example, someone associated with a new Biden administration) could make in support of direct government spending to address a serious challenge to our collective well-being. By “direct” government spending I imply spending which is not “paid for” by garnering either …
Warren Mosler’s Crisis Management Proposal
These were my proposals back in March. Now, with 20-20 hindsight, and some 8 months on, seems I wouldn’t change a thing…
How would Job Guarantee wages be set?
It is Wednesday so some snippets and some music – sad music this week because it signals the death of one of the great pioneers of Jamaican music last week. I am holding a Mini-Music Festival today – right here on my blog. Join in an celebrate a legend. But a few economics matters first …
Taking a Bite Out of That Pie in the Sky
People will not fight for what they do not believe is possible. People self-select themselves out of the picture and create self-fulfilling prophecies that allow defeat to overwhelm them to the point of inertia. The Green New Deal requires people to understand we can not only afford but can DO great things. However, that requires the answer to the “how will you pay for this?” question. Because any thinking human …
The Future of the Bernie Sanders Movement
An Open Letter from Steve Grumbine to Progressives Everywhere