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The Only Way Forward: A Pedal-to-the-Metal Plan for Energy System Transformation — (Pt. 3 of 3)

By Michael Hoexter [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] Market Transformation Policies: Harnessing Self-Interest for the General Interest With the assumption that government has the right to intervene and shape markets for the public good, the below policies will drive … Continue reading

The Only Way Forward: A Pedal-to-the-Metal Plan for Energy System Transformation — (Pt. 2 of 3)

By Michael Hoexter [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] Policy Instruments to Realize the Pedal-to-the-Metal Plan The above list of technological changes to radically reduce and eventually zero-out society’s emissions using current and near-future technologies would represent the largest construction … Continue reading

DeLong’s False Dichotomy

By Dan Kervick Brad DeLong proposes that there are, broadly speaking, two camps among economists with respect to what a central bank is and the purposes it should serve: the Banking Camp and the Macroeconomic Camp:

Honoring Dr. King’s Call for a Job Guarantee Program

By Fadhel Kaboub Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the 1963 “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” Yes, jobs! For the civil rights leaders, the fight for justice was not limited to providing equal voting … Continue reading

Mobilization and Money

By J.D. Alt I’m nearly finished with a very long book that may well be the best illustration of the basic principles of Modern Money Theory available. The book is “A Call To Arms,” by Maury Klein. It is an … Continue reading

The Good Society: Lessons Not (Yet) Learned

By Stephanie Kelton John Kenneth Galbriath’s book, The Good Society: The Humane Agenda, creates a blueprint for a more just, prosperous and stable world. I’m re-reading it for the nth time because I continue to believe we might just get there one day. Indeed, … Continue reading

The Five Worst Reasons Why the National Debt Should Matter To You: Part Two, the Record Since 1930

By Joe Firestone In Part One, of a critique of the most important of “Fix the Debt’s” reasons for “Why the National Debt Should Matter To You,” I asserted that high debt levels haven’t caused high unemployment in the United … Continue reading

The Five Worst Reasons Why the National Debt Should Matter To You: Part One, High Debt Levels and Jobs

By Joe Firestone I came across a post from the “Fix the Debt” campaign last month called “The Top Five Worst Reasons Why the National Debt Should Matter to You.” It’s a post full of debt/deficit lies that cry out … Continue reading

Bullet-Pointing the Big Bank Bamboozlement

By Dan Kervick Brad DeLong has taper anxiety, and is wondering what the Fed is thinking.  He notes that, “real GDP in the U.S. today is and remains at least 5.5% below the path that past history tells us is … Continue reading

Mosler on Treasury Rates and Fed Policy

By Dan Kervick It’s starting to look like QE might be indirectly responsible for a dangerously volatile situation in US financial markets.  And 10-year Treasury notes hit a 2-year high following today’s Fed statement. But, in my opinion, it’s not … Continue reading