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Money and Banking (Part 2 – Central bank balance sheet and immediate implications)

Eric Tymoigne September 13, 2021 Economic Justice New Economic Perspectives

Part 1 reviewed basic balance-sheet mechanics. This post begins to apply them to the Federal Reserve System (Fed).

Anti-Intellectualism and the Death of a Movement

Steve Grumbine & Birrion Sondahl September 12, 2021 Democracy Economic Justice

In the end, it is not the rage of our critics that we have to concern ourselves with. It is the silence of our friends that allow this anti-intellectualism to destroy people who have fought round the clock to bring these truths to life.

Money and Banking (Part 1 – Balance Sheet)

Eric Tymoigne September 12, 2021 Economic Justice New Economic Perspectives

The core of the financial system consists of financial documents and among them are balance sheets. As Hyman P. Minsky used to note, if you cannot put your reasoning in terms of a balance sheet there is a problem in your logic.

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Remembering 9/11

David Soll September 10, 2021 Equality with Justice Peace with Justice

I do believe it is important to remember 9/11 from our own point of view. However, ignoring the last 67 years of history of US intervention of and within the Middle East cannot be an option.

Money and the Limits of Sovereignty

Scott Ferguson September 3, 2021 Economic Justice Macro N Cheese

The point is this: Words and the concepts they express have complex histories and any account of sovereignty must attend to the history of the term itself.

FOAF? Response to Joe Firestone’s Critique of ‘Medicare for All, Not for Some’

Birrion Sondahl August 28, 2021 Equality with Justice Health and Well-being

State-based is an unacceptable compromise and does not present a path to NIMA. The path sketched out by Dr. Firestone is one fraught with peril and almost certainly doomed to failure.

Monopoly Describes MMT

Jason Bessey August 28, 2021 Economic Justice Equality with Justice

In short, federal deficits are the dollars we have to play the game.

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CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: 4 questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert

Real Progressives August 27, 2021 Current Events Economic Justice

The Supreme Court lifted the CDC’s eviction ban. A housing law expert answers questions regarding this decision.

Afghanistan: War for Capitalist Rights, Not Human Rights

Birrion Sondahl August 20, 2021 Current Events Equality with Justice

Human rights and morality only matter when it aligns with the interests of the ruling class.

Exploitation of Americans by the Prison Industrial Complex

Artemis Salisbury August 19, 2021 Equality with Justice Peace with Justice

To better understand what incarcerated people face, a handful of people with relevant experiences were interviewed to shed a light on the experience of incarcerated people (aka prisoners) in the United States.

A magnifying glass, a ledger, money, and a calculator on a table

Modern Monetary Lens

Brad Sandler August 18, 2021 Economic Justice Equality with Justice

The point has been to make it clear that using the MMT lens and choosing to look for public purpose solutions yields full employment and a path to a progressive society.

What America’s social justice activists can learn from past movements for civil rights

Real Progressives August 16, 2021 Democracy Equality with Justice

The challenging lesson from our history is that a deep well of strength and resilience are required for the long struggle to make equity and equality under the law a reality in the United States.