Reforming the U.S. Financial and Tax System
Topics>Finance, Business, PoliticsOn November 3, 2011, Alan Minsky interviewed me on KPFK’s program, “Building a Powerful Movement in the United States” in preparation for an Occupy L.A. teach-in....
View ArticleBanking Wasn’t Meant to Be Like This
Topics>Finance, EconomicsThe inherently symbiotic relationship between banks and governments recently has been reversed. In medieval times, wealthy bankers lent to kings and princes as their major...
View ArticleThe Greek Strategy
Topics>Finance, Economics"Finance today achieves what military invasion used to do in times past so the new mode of warfare is financial not military"
View ArticleThe Economy Doesn’t Need to Suffer Neoliberal Austerity
Topics>Economics, PoliticsI have just returned from Rimini, Italy, where I experienced one of the most amazing spectacles of my academic life. Four of us associated with the University of Missouri...
View ArticleWall Street’s Capital Gain Plan
Topics>Finance, BusinessTranscript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington. Concentration of ownership leads to concentration of political power....
View ArticlePaul Krugman’s Economic Blinders
Topics>Finance, EconomicsPaul Krugman is widely appreciated for his New York Times columns criticizing Republican demands for fiscal austerity. He rightly argues that cutting back public spending...
View ArticleAmerica’s Deceptive 2012 Fiscal Cliff: How today’s fiscal austerity is...
Topics>Finance, Currency, Business, Economics, History, Governance, Politics, TradeWhen World War I broke out in August 1914, economists on both sides forecast that hostilities could not last more...
View ArticleGovernment Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is.
Topics>Finance, Business, Economics, Governance, PoliticsThere are two quite different perspectives in the set of speeches at this conference. Many on our morning panels – Steve Keen, William...
View Article