Austerity Central: The Peterson Network
It’s important for Real Progressives to “know thine enemy.” Peter G. Peterson has been an enemy of the social safety net since he first appeared in Washington, DC during the […]
National Debt
Congress, Don’t You Dare Cut the Safety Net or Any Other Programs People Need: A Manifesto
Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, along with his current allies in Congress, and among lobbyists, suggest that he is likely to break his frequently stated campaign promises that, if elected, he […]
President-elect Donald Trump Doesn’t Have to Compromise with Paul Ryan on Entitlements
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to save Social Security and to protect Medicare. But since he made those commitments he seems to have gotten much closer to Paul […]
Are Entitlement Programs Driving the Deficit and the Debt?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security Administration, and other economic projections show Social Security and Medicare programs drawing down the balances in the “trust funds” and eventually creating an […]
Fixing the Debt without Breaking America: Austerity, the Trillion Dollar Coin, and Ending Debt Ceiling, Sequester, and Budgetary Crises
This book is about a counter-narrative to austerity politics. It exposes its fallacies, and, I hope, its closed-mindedness and futility. It also offers a way out of austerity politics. That […]
For US Democracy: There Is Only One Choice
We need big, big changes in the United States. Many of them will require the Federal Government to spend unprecedented amounts, including deficit spending to enable us to solve problems […]
Real Fiscal Responsibility, Vol. II: The Peterson Network, Inequality, and the Failure of Neoliberalism
This is how the mission of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was defined by the White House on February 18, 2010: The Commission is charged with […]
An Excerpt from Real Fiscal Responsibility, Vol I: the Progressive Give-up Formula
Below is an excerpt from my most recent e-book: Real Fiscal Responsibility, Vol. I: The Progressive Give-up Formula. The book is volume I of II critiquing austerity politics at the […]
Fiscal Myths of Campaign 2016: A New Kindle e-Book
Most of the world, and most notably the United States, are in the grip of fiscal myths fostered by the ideology of neoliberalism. There is virtual unanimity across the major […]
Who Needs Balanced Trade? Who Needs Balance Budgets: A New Book on Trade and Fiscal Policy
The intensity of the conflict over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has died down since last June, after the Administration won its victory in getting Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) through Congress. […]