Militarism is Capital’s Tool
When a government isn’t captured by private capitalist interests, it actually delivers real gains for their working-class.
Unemployment
Monopoly Money: The State as a Price Setter
This paper, from Oeconomicus, Volume V, Winter 2002, explores the basis for understanding modern monetary systems as rooted in the monopoly powers of the State.
Biden’s Booming Unemployment
Eventually, long-term unemployment causes disillusionment and people find ways to survive outside of the above-ground job market. People who want work but have given up trying are excluded from the labor force as “discouraged workers.”
Understanding MMT and Its Policy Implications
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.
The Real COVID-19 Depression Is Coming
It is time to get ready to fight like hell to continue unemployment expansion and supplementation because we cannot count on Bernie or another clever progressive elected to make it happen.
The Green New Deal Will Save Fossil Fuel Workers & Their Communities
The American fossil fuel industry is a sinking ship, and its workers need to ask themselves what will come next. The industry was already deeply in debt even before the Covid-19 crisis, and the current drop in crude prices will lead to a wave of firms claiming bankruptcy. This drastic reduction of fossil fuel …
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Trans People at High Risk for Unemployment, Study Shows
The issues facing the transgender community are complex and require robust, creative, people-centered political solutions. These solutions may scare those people who believe in keeping government spending low, but are necessary to protect ALL Americans, including transgender Americans.
We Can Prevent a Great Depression, It’ll Take $10 Trillion
In this article in The Atlantic, Derek Thompson lays out a plan on how we can prevent a Great Depression for 2020. He writes about the legislation already passed and then puts together a new plan to cover those areas not covered by the CARES and HEROES acts:
The Progressive Compass – Vol 1 Issue 2
Select articles, videos, memes and podcasts to share with friends include economic concepts explained in ways many can easily understand, pivoting pointsin this current election cycle, RP event info. and much more.