The cheapest way to save the planet grows like a weed Industrial hemp has been suppressed because it’s a threat to other industries - Ellen Brown Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the current climate crisis, according to an … [Read more...]
The scarcity machine
Inequality drives artificial scarcity - Jason Hickel Even those people who are concerned about ecological breakdown are forced to submit to this logic: if you care about human lives, then you must call for growth first and foremost, regardless of the ecological consequences; we can deal with the … [Read more...]
Some concerns about the Job Guarantee
A Job Guarantee scheme must work in concert with an expanded public sector - Elinor Hurst The Job Guarantee (JG) is an important component in the economic platform of Modern Monetary Theory. It proposes that the federal government will provide guaranteed jobs at the minimum wage for anyone who … [Read more...]
Progressive policies may hurt the US stock market
Progressive policies may hurt the US stock market - not a bad thing Implementing necessary economic reforms will produce a stock market decline - Dean Baker Recently we saw the media becoming terrified over a US stock market plunge, following an escalation of Trump’s trade war with China. There … [Read more...]
