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September 2020

picture of Fadhel Kaboub for September's National Outreach Call

The Global Green New Deal and an Open Letter on African Economic & Monetary Sovereignty

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September 16, 2020, 9pm EDT/6pm PDT This month we welcome Fadhel Kaboub for a return appearance! Fadhel has that rare ability to talk about MMT in language engaging to newcomers and oldtimers alike. This month he turns the MMT lens toward the developing world, discussing the Green New Deal in the context of the global […]

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The Progressive Compass – Vol. 2 Issue 8

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What’s New Real Progressives is always progressing. Here’s what’s new for us lately and what we’re working on. Real Progressives’ New Website Is Up! If you’ve been reading our newsletter for the past few months, you’ll recall we’ve been talking about our brand new upcoming website for a while now. Well, it’s finally here –

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The appallingly bad neoclassical economics of climate change

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Abstract Forecasts by economists of the economic damage from climate change have been notably sanguine, compared to warnings by scientists about damage to the biosphere. This is because economists made their own predictions of damages, using three spurious methods: assuming that about 90% of GDP will be unaffected by climate change, because it happens indoors;

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Taking a Bite Out of That Pie in the Sky

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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

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