Money on the Left
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Editorial Collective advancing #LeftMMT, critical theory & intersectional praxis. In association with Monthly Review. https://moneyontheleft.org/; https://linktr.ee/Moneyontheleft
"Fiscal insurgency is not isolation. It is not about retreating into localism or walling off states from the national economy. It is about building protective circuits of credit that keep democratic life functioning even when sabotage is staged from above."
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November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Fiscal insurgency is not isolation. It is not about retreating into localism or walling off states from the national economy. It is about building protective circuits of credit that keep democratic life functioning even when sabotage is staged from above."
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"The Constitution of the United States should not forbid sub-federal entities from creating money. That’s anti-democratic."
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The Constitution of the United States should not forbid sub-federal entities from creating money. That’s anti-democratic."
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Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
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November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
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"I think there are ways of describing capacity as a process of humanization that are less developed but present everywhere. This is something that I think the Mamdani campaign does really, really well."
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November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"I think there are ways of describing capacity as a process of humanization that are less developed but present everywhere. This is something that I think the Mamdani campaign does really, really well."
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DOGE has officially been declared defunct. Right now, then, it's urgent to review its illegal actions and begin planning for a new fiscal architecture that is not susceptible to such incursions.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
DOGE has officially been declared defunct. Right now, then, it's urgent to review its illegal actions and begin planning for a new fiscal architecture that is not susceptible to such incursions.
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We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.
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"The sovereign is never going to accommodate, never really going to give grace, or maybe rarely and in limited form. Democratic public finance gives us a much broader path with many more forks and possibilities."
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The sovereign is never going to accommodate, never really going to give grace, or maybe rarely and in limited form. Democratic public finance gives us a much broader path with many more forks and possibilities."
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Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"[Laissez-faire] never existed. It’s like the foundational myth of capitalism. Even the authors on the left will invoke it."
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November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"[Laissez-faire] never existed. It’s like the foundational myth of capitalism. Even the authors on the left will invoke it."
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The $250 billion video game industry (the largest entertainment industry in the world) has rapidly developed an unregulated banking system.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The $250 billion video game industry (the largest entertainment industry in the world) has rapidly developed an unregulated banking system.
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✨New transcript!✨
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
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How lucky for you!
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✨New transcript!✨
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
moneyontheleft.org/2022/07/31/f...
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
moneyontheleft.org/2022/07/31/f...
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
moneyontheleft.org/2022/07/31/f...
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
With our proposal for Democratic Public Finance, Money on the Left not only opens fresh horizons for left politics, but also directly challenges the fiscal sabotage routinely carried out by liberals, conservatives and the authoritarian right.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
With our proposal for Democratic Public Finance, Money on the Left not only opens fresh horizons for left politics, but also directly challenges the fiscal sabotage routinely carried out by liberals, conservatives and the authoritarian right.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
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Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
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November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
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This conversation highlights the originality and urgency of Money on the Left’s core ideas for Democratic Public Finance.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This conversation highlights the originality and urgency of Money on the Left’s core ideas for Democratic Public Finance.
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"[M]oving-image omniscience constitutes a distinctly modern but vastly underappreciated form of political intelligence."
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November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"[M]oving-image omniscience constitutes a distinctly modern but vastly underappreciated form of political intelligence."
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Gaming companies offer players the chance to earn points inside games. However, these “gaming money” systems also feature exchange rate manipulation, money laundering, and financial risk for unwitting gamers and other stakeholders.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Gaming companies offer players the chance to earn points inside games. However, these “gaming money” systems also feature exchange rate manipulation, money laundering, and financial risk for unwitting gamers and other stakeholders.
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In this episode, we share audio from “The Black University & Community Currencies” workshop convened by Andrew Douglas at Morehouse College.The first panel poses the question: “What is Public Money?” The second asks: “What is the Uni Currency Proposal?”
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November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In this episode, we share audio from “The Black University & Community Currencies” workshop convened by Andrew Douglas at Morehouse College.The first panel poses the question: “What is Public Money?” The second asks: “What is the Uni Currency Proposal?”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/05/01/t...
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In conceptualizing Democratic Public Finance, we build on insights from Modern Monetary Theory (MMT); but we also push beyond MMT’s delimitation of public money creation to the alleged sovereignty of the nation-state.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In conceptualizing Democratic Public Finance, we build on insights from Modern Monetary Theory (MMT); but we also push beyond MMT’s delimitation of public money creation to the alleged sovereignty of the nation-state.
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"Laissez-faire has never truly existed and ... seemingly natural dichotomies between “state intervention” and “deregulation” or “free markets” and “market failures” are as baseless as they are false."
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November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Laissez-faire has never truly existed and ... seemingly natural dichotomies between “state intervention” and “deregulation” or “free markets” and “market failures” are as baseless as they are false."
moneyontheleft.org/2025/07/01/l...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/07/01/l...
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
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November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
During our discussion, our cohosts outline the approach to DPF presented in our recent long-form publication, “Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City.”
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
During our discussion, our cohosts outline the approach to DPF presented in our recent long-form publication, “Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City.”
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