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.
MMT and the Homes Guarantee Read More »
Ashley Burke explains how housing organizers and community activists can use the MMT framework as one tool to make their dream a reality.
MMT and the Homes Guarantee Read More »
It allows us to prevent shocks to our economy that cause suffering for the 99%.
Federal Job Guarantee: Necessary Pandemic Auto-Stabilizer Read More »
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.
Federal Job Guarantee: Mark Cuban’s Concerns, Answered Read More »
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
Functional Fiscalism Read More »
These were my proposals back in March. Now, with 20-20 hindsight, and some 8 months on, seems I wouldn’t change a thing…
Warren Mosler’s Crisis Management Proposal Read More »
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
How would Job Guarantee wages be set? Read More »
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
Taking a Bite Out of That Pie in the Sky Read More »
An Open Letter from Steve Grumbine to Progressives Everywhere
The Future of the Bernie Sanders Movement Read More »
“Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.”
FJG vs. UBI: An MMT Perspective Read More »