Permanent Cures for Debt Ceiling Crises
Debt ceiling crisis politics has now provided us a temporary respite by getting a Continuing Resolution passed that will re-open the government until the next deadline for broader agreement on […]
democracy
Should We Devote Our Resources Primarily to Teach that “Federal Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending”, or that “Congress Should End the Debt Through Overt Congressional Financing?”
Of course, it is better to teach them both these things, but I believe that it is better for now to view teaching about Overt Congressional Financing (OCF) as a […]
Answers for Jared from One MMT Writer: Part III, the Fed
Seeking “some education” Jared Bernstein recently asked some questions about MMT (Modern Money Theory).This series is my effort at some answers. Part I is about deficit spending, Part II covers […]
An Even Better Way to Get Money Out of Politics
This one is years old. I’m posting it here as is, because it is still of great current interest. A couple of weeks ago, I posted on a simple solution to the […]
Should We Use the Additional Policy Space Provided by Monetary Sovereignty to Achieve the Green New Deal Before Constraining It to Guard Against Our War Hawks?
This post replies to a Facebook post by Erik Rydberg. Thanks for your facebook post. It brings out an important issue. But I agree with some of the critics that […]
Repealing the Iron Law Oligarchy
This one is about failing democracy and the very fundamental tendency toward oligarchy that is one of the underlying causes of its failure. In the interview I discuss Robert Michels […]
A Meta-layer for Restoring Democracy and Open Society: Part Three, the IVCS
ByJoseph M. Firestone and Henk Hadders This is the concluding post in a three-part series. The first post highlighted the problem of lack of representativeness in modern societies, characterized human […]
A Meta-layer for Restoring Democracy and Open Society: Part Two, Meta-layer Requirements
ByJoseph M. Firestone and Henk Hadders Requirements for an e-participation platform in human political CASs We won’t be able to stop the movement toward oligarchy unless we can create a […]
A Meta-layer for Restoring Democracy and Open Society: Part One, Conceptual Foundations
ByJoseph M. Firestone and Henk Hadders The Disconnect It’s hardly news that there’s a very wide chasm between voters, lawmakers and political parties. The rage in America reflected in the […]
Defining the Public Purpose
The video below discusses the concept of the Public purpose with Steven D. Grumbine of Real Progressives. The focus of the video is on the meaning of the idea and […]