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Fiscal Myths of Campaign 2016: A New Kindle e-Book

Most of the world, and most notably the United States, is in the grip of fiscal myths fostered by the ideology of neoliberalism. There is virtual unanimity across the major political parties in the United States in accepting the viewpoint … Continue reading

Why Shouldn’t the US Federal Government Invest $4-$6 Trillion Per Year on Climate Protection? (Part 2 of 2)

By Michael Hoexter Part I | Part II  4. “We shouldn’t invest $4 to $6 Trillion per year more in federal dollars to save humanity because we already have carbon pricing instruments that are doing the job and are still under attack … Continue reading

Why Shouldn’t the US Federal Government Invest $4-$6 Trillion Per Year on Climate Protection? (Part 1 of 2)

By Michael Hoexter Part I | Part II Summary:  Why We Should Recently New Economic Perspectives posted a three-part provisional US Climate Platform I have put together.  The US Climate Platform outlines why and how the US federal government should … Continue reading

A US Climate Platform: Anchoring Climate Policy in Reality (3/3)

By Michael Hoexter Part I | Part II | Part III 4) Question and Answer Q: I notice that the platform cites amounts of money for some of the government actions proposed and for others it is left open. Why not … Continue reading

A US Climate Platform: Anchoring Climate Policy in Reality (2/3)

By Michael Hoexter Part I | Part II | Part III 2) Political Demands/Planks of the US Climate Platform (Slogan-Form) 1. Popular Rule Not Big Money Rule 2. Living Wage and Full Employment 3. End Police Abuse, Discriminatory Law Enforcement … Continue reading

A US Climate Platform: Anchoring Climate Policy in Reality (1/3)

By Michael Hoexter Part I | Part II | Part III Below is a provisional platform of policies, acts of Congress, Constitutional amendments or Presidential actions that would represent a serious and appropriate confrontation by US society and government with the … Continue reading

Corbynomics 101—It’s the Deficit, Stupid!

By Scott Fullwiler As anyone who’s followed the discussion has seen, the proposal from the newly-elected leader of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, to implement “People’s Quantitative Easing” or PQE, has created a lot of controversy (Richard Murphy’s blog … Continue reading

The Worst of the Worst of the Worst: New Century and its Economics Shills

By William K. Black Bloomington, MN:  August 8, 2015 I have often noted the existence of a primitive tribal taboo shared by virtually all economists against using the “f” word – “fraud.”  I have found a new example that sums up … Continue reading

BBC Propaganda War v. Greece Reaches New Low After “No” Vote

By William K. Black Quito: July 6, 2015 If you want to know why economic policy has gone insane in the UK you simply have to read the work of the BBC’s “Economics editor,” Robert Peston. I showed one example of … Continue reading

Krugman Is Half Right

By William K. Black Quito: May 16, 2015 Paul Krugman has a nice column entitled “Fraternity of Failure” dated May 15, 2015. In Bushworld, in other words, playing a central role in catastrophic policy failure doesn’t disqualify you from future influence. … Continue reading