Finance

The issue of capitalism and “private property,” vs. socialism and public ownership, is the most fraught conflict in modern politics.

The supply chain, the economy, labor, the Pandora Papers, tax havens. The pandemic-driven power shift from capital to labor. The pervasive influence of money on perception, public opinion, and politics.

You want them to be “nice.” You want them to voluntarily solve poverty instead of doing what they want. That’s not how any of this works.

You probably have a lot of misconceptions about money. Both about what it is, and about what it isn’t.

The force of capital itself did not grant the individual human rights we so cherish. It is liberal democracy that grants those rights through governance and civil society.

Deep-dive into Modern Monetary Theory.

Moocher red states receive much more federal spending each year than they pay in tax revenue to the Federal government.

In June 2012, Boik published Creating Sustainable Societies: The Rebirth of Democracy and Local Economies. Boik applies a biological perspective to our wider financial, economic, and governance systems.

Professor Thomas is an author, blogger, and political scientist who has written extensively on competition for investment, subsidies and multinational corporations.

Dr. Jack Rasmus is an author and economist who currently teaches at St. Mary’s College and Santa Clara University in California. He has written several books on economics starting with his 2006 publication titled The War At Home: The Bush-Corporate Offensive Against American Workers and Their Unions.