Global trust in the US and its almighty dollar seems to be in question, with some nations scrambling to create alternative payment systems to compete with it. Some believe it...more

Steve joins James Fauntleroy on The Jaybefaunt Show to explain why the $40 trillion national debt is a bogus scare-tactic. The “broke government” myth serves capital. They agree that liberation will c...

Constraining government spending as a policy goal is misguided, illogical and can lead to economic instability

The fashionable phrase substitutes a hired functionary for the class that hired him. That is not a shortcut to the masses. It is the abandonment of class analysis dressed up as radicalism

What do government deficits have to do with the money in our pockets? Returning guest Jim Byrne, of the MMT101.ORG podcast, joins Steve to demystify one of M...

Jim Byrne, of MMT101.org podcast, joins Steve to break down sectoral balances, the simple accounting identity that exposed the conditions leading to the 2008 crash. They look at what is revealed and c...

This week we’re having a long-overdue reunion with John T. Harvey, known to our listeners as the Cowboy Economist because of his plainspoken, accessible way ...

They say the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn’t exist. Capitalism pulled off something even trickier: convincing us it’...

Should schools teach our kids to question and transform society, or train them to accept capitalism as the natural order? Historian Andrew Hartman joins Steve to explore how Cold War anti-communism tu...

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We need as many of us as possible working toward a common goal, we only benefit our enemies when we take our frustrations out on each other.

Erald Kolasi reveals the vast material and ecological costs behind AI and explains why its explosive growth is ultimately a story of capital accumulation, class power, and the struggle over who contro...

If public power repeatedly stands behind private finance when it fails, shouldn’t that same power be directed toward employment, productive capacity, and hum...