How They Paid for the War
Social democrats should fight climate change the way we fought the Axis Powers
In World War II, the US had a planned economy. Its principles were similar to MMT.
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It’s the Moral Economy, Stupid
The reason nobody wants to work anymore is no mystery
The revolt from below is forcing a change to the old neoliberal culture of work.
What About the Murderers?
John Hinckley, Jr. and the prospects of abolition
The man who shot Reagan is now free. Is there a lesson here for prison abolitionists?
Who Is “Web3” For?
Blockchains can't decentralize the internet – but the cooperative Fediverse can.
Blockchain is the fiefdom of the tech barons. Real decentralization requires real democracy.
The Complex Stigma of Schizophrenia
Brian's Law in Canada demonizes and terrorizes people with schizophrenia; we must find a better way
In Canada, stigma around schizophrenia kills. What if we cared and nurtured instead?
Price Pressures
It's people who set prices; let's ask them how and why they do it
An intrepid journalist interviews capitalists to ask: how do y'all set your prices, anyway?
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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
It's time to take planning seriously – to beat authoritarianism with democracy.
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.
