Abortion Pills and Mutual Aid After Roe
The view from Vermont on the struggle for reproductive justice
Abortion advocates in blue states like Vermont may play a part in post-Roe struggles. Here's how.
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The Black Cooperative Economy
Economic democracy and the fight for racial justice
Since Emancipation, cooperatives have formed the economic backbone of the Black freedom movement. This is their history.
Do Interest Rate Hikes Worsen Inflation?
Central bankers want to pull on one lever to lower prices; history shows this might raise them
The belief that higher interest rates will kill inflation remains near sacrosanct across the political divide and, like any religious system, is barely subject to serious empirical scrutiny.
Empowering the Worker Cooperative Movement
How to get a Dot Coop Domain Name
The world has been slow to understand the value of cooperatives despite what they offer: truly democratic ownership and control over production assets, and free association among workers.
Fast Cars and Fiat Money
MMT, from neglected theory to influential movement
History of Chartalism Pt. 2
Is there enough money in the world for what we want?
What Should Money Be Made From?
And who should have the power to create it?
History of Chartalism Pt. 1
Debates over money are really debates about power, the political order, and economic planning.
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Words for our Present Reality
A Modest Proposal for a New and Living Ontology
We need a new kind of thinking. It would involve a break from the absolutism with which we dress up our systems of thought. It would demand that we bring different communities of thinkers together – especially those who have been left on the margins – and get them talking to each other so that we can inch closer to a shared language and a usable history.
Socialism with an Anarchist Squint
Authoritarian creep, libertarian socialism, & democratic planning
Democratic planning is essential if we are to overcome the crises of the present.
Notes Toward a Theory of Inflation
Why do people raise prices?
Most people take it as given that printing more money causes inflation, and they can be forgiven for thinking so, as it has been hammered home to them by mainstream economics professors in every econ 101 course the world over for many decades.
