By Thom Hartmann/Alternet Reprinted with permission of the author Originally published July 25, 2017 (more relevant today than ever) People are wondering out loud about the parallels between today’s Republican Party and organized crime, and whether “Teflon Don” Trump will remain unscathed through his many scandals, ranging from interactions with foreign oligarchs to killing tens…
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University French philosopher Voltaire famously quipped: “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” Something similar can be said of modern monetary theory, also known as MMT, because it may be the economy’s only hope to get through the pandemic. Coined by Australian economist Bill Mitchell…
Margot Gage Witvliet, Lamar University Imagine being young and healthy, a nonsmoker with no preexisting health conditions, and then waking up one morning feeling like you were being suffocated by an unseen force. Back in March, this was my reality. I had just returned from Europe, and roughly 10 days later started having flu-like…
July 30, 2020 This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. Moyers on Democracy · Bill talks with Heather Cox Richardson about HOW THE SOUTH WON THE CIVIL WAR ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Moyers on Democracy. If you want to understand this moment in American politics, here’s a suggestion for you: It’s the must-read book of…