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Inflation

You Know Nothing About Economics

You Know Nothing About Economics

February 26, 2025February 21, 2025 by Thomas Swan

But there is no shame in that…

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, Inflation, MMT, National Debt, Taxation
An Alternative Meme for Money, Part 6: Alternative Framing on Inflation

An Alternative Meme for Money, Part 6: Alternative Framing on Inflation

October 21, 2024June 5, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

If there’s no inflation danger, there is no point in taxing the rich before keystroking the poor.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Inflation, MMT, Taxation
How To Pay For The War

How To Pay For The War

October 21, 2024May 30, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

Remarks by L. Randall Wray at “The Treaty of Versailles at 100: The Consequences of the Peace”, a conference at the Levy Economics Institute, Bard College, May 3, 2019.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Green New Deal, Inflation, MMT, Taxation
Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint

October 28, 2024May 27, 2023 by Scott Fullwiler

Let’s stop pretending that replacing a budget constraint with an inflation constraint is so hard.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Inflation, Taxation
SVB: It's a Wonderful Lie

SVB: It’s a Wonderful Lie

November 5, 2024May 14, 2023 by Roger Gest

So, who is responsible for this fiasco? Or for the last one? Or the next?  Any reasonable person can see that the present system is untenable.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Banking, Federal Reserve, Inflation
The Price of Hunger

The Price of Hunger

October 21, 2024May 6, 2023 by Karen Caligiuri

Inadequate access to nutrition is a problem Americans can solve. It’s time to shut down the false narratives about pay-fors that keep solutions out of reach.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Austerity, Inflation, Taxation, Universal Basic Services
Sound Money

Sound Money

October 21, 2024September 14, 2022 by Cory Doctorow

The inflation hawks have a point: inflation is genuinely destabilizing. But where the inflation hawks go wrong is in blaming “money printing” for inflation.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Hyperinflation, Inflation
The Emperor's New Commodities

The Emperor’s New Commodities

October 21, 2024July 14, 2022 by Jonathan Kadmon

Frauds and hucksters have always relied on false dichotomies and thought-terminating cliches to misdirect the attention of their audience from more appealing alternatives.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Capitalism, Class War, Inflation, Universal Basic Services, Universal Healthcare
Money Growth Does Not Cause Inflation!

Money Growth Does Not Cause Inflation!

November 23, 2024November 15, 2021 by John T. Harvey

It is conventional wisdom that printing more money causes inflation. The only problem is, it’s not true. That’s not how inflation works.

Categories Academic Tags Inflation, MMT
Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity

October 27, 2024March 8, 2021 by Fadhel Kaboub

So join me in this struggle, it’s my final plea. I’ll die trying if I have to, for this better future is within reach, and it’s yearning to be set free.

Categories Environmental & Ecological Justice, Equality with Justice, Peace with Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Job Guarantee, Green New Deal, Inflation, MMT
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