Volume 10 No.1 - January/February 2018
Contents
Capitalism’s slow-burn energy collapseWhy the struggle for a new economic paradigm is about to get real
Editor
The design flaw at the core of humanity’s malaise
Human and ecological wellbeing requires a new design framework
Judith Schwartz
Advice to aspiring economists
Lars SyllKeynes on employment
EditorBig banks are committing major crimes against our climate
To stop runaway climate change, the banks must be on board
Alison KirschWhy we need a federal job guarantee
Giving everyone a job will democratize the economy
Mark Paul, William Darity, Darrick Hamilton
Where has all the surplus gone?
David RuccioGeneral thinking about government deficits is mostly wrong
Abbreviated version of an article by Stephanie Kelton
Darian HilesThe public bank option
Safer, local, and half the cost
Ellen Brown
Governments haven’t always shirked responsibility for our low wages
Post-war Australia had full employment and falling inequality
Warwick SmithWhy the big four asked for a parliamentary inquiry into banking
The banks are seeking to influence the terms of reference
George RennieLatest financial inquiry will fall short of what is needed
John Hermann
What happened in the mid 1970s?
Editor
