Good news: the million-vote #mamdate we got Zohran is getting Hochul to start reconsidering her stance against taxing the rich. It's time to turn up the volume. The #TaxTheRich campaign launches tomorrow (Sun, Nov 16) @ 12pm in Union Sq. Let's aim for 1,000 people. actionnetwork.org/events/tax-t...

"A grant is still debt; only, it is a qualitative obligation to improve social and environmental conditions, rather than a quantitative obligation to repay a financial sum."

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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.” moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...

What makes debt illegitimate?

We just raised $1 million dollars for our transition to City Hall. The groundwork to make this city a fairer and more affordable place is happening because of you.

i think vance is only interesting inasmuch as he extremely unprincipled and thus a good guide to where the GOP is going (gift link)

Nobody likes a bottleneck

Project 2029 ❌ Woke 2.0 ✅

The queer accounting practice of seeing assets instead of costs

Great insights! "The Ministry for the Future" explores MMT brilliantly. As Frank says, “We have to make the future.” How do you think MMT could reshape our world? 🪐📚 #MMT #Scifi

Cc @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social @moneyontheleft.bsky.social

Big thanks to @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social, whose blog is where I first learned about Nick Walker’s work and whose wonderful podcast Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws (co-hosted with Nic King) introduced me to Amy Pearson and Kieran Rose’s research 🙏 neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk

I’m looking forward to exploring affinities between the neurodiversity & public money paradigms - via @dr-nicky.bsky.social on neuroqueering and @dramypearson.bsky.social & @kieranrose.bsky.social on masking - in this upcoming talk. Who knew heterodox economics and neuroqueer theory were connected?

Florida's Board of Education just adopted The Heritage Foundation's Phoenix Declaration www.cltampa.com/news/florida...

Universities spend gazillions on EdTech software that doesn’t serve faculty or student interests and often doesn’t work well. But what if we got off that path and leveraged internal resources to produce non-profit systems? Here’s a proposal to leverage the CUNY systems platforms.

Jamelle was cooking. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

The shift from: “The Democratic Party needs white anti-woke podcasters who vote blue” to “We straight white male influencers who are woke” is fascinating lol

re: shame Cc:@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

Listen to my son's beautiful cover of the Tortoise track TNT.

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Hitler in his bunker

Wait, what’s that you say? MIMA Talks About Trust has whetted your appetite for conversation about trust and money? Well, you’re in luck because I had an equally enjoyable chat with @videotroph.bsky.social and @greenbackbetter.bsky.social for @moneyontheleft.bsky.social back in July!

This emergent genre of left commentary—which presupposes that Mamdani must wiggle out a budget solely from projected revenues—is like shooting a top tier runner in the leg at the start of a marathon. You don’t win by accepting a bunch of strictures promulgated by your adversaries.

I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April: Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly. Well done on climate, Third Act 👏

If we taxed lies, the rich would quickly become poor. On a related note: the #TaxTheRich campaign launches this weekend, friends. Get ready to plug in. If we're mutuals and you're not yet in the loop about the TTR campaign but want to plug in now, DM me 🙏

In this special episode, Rob Hawkes joins Scott Ferguson and Will Beaman to discuss his new article “(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust.”

✅ Step 1: Win election with a million-vote #mamdate. 👉 Step 2: Launch #TaxTheRich. @psc-cuny.org is a member of People's Majority, the alliance of orgs that will co-govern with the Mamdani administration. Join the TTR launch this Sunday in Union Square: actionnetwork.org/events/tax-t...

We need a global moratorium on data centers until AI can actually demonstrate it’s useful! It is clearly creating so many new costs and known environmental destruction. Stop saying it’s inevitable and let’s start meaningful assessment.

The reckless AI rollout is not only *not* automating away millions of jobs a la the ridiculous fantasy that AI means total automation; it's also undercutting the actual hiring process for real jobs by making inquiry letters unreliable indicators of merit.

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go go go! 90%! go! go some more! www.centredaily.com/news/local/e...

During this conversation we discuss my recent @moneyontheleft.bsky.social article ‘(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust’ moneyontheleft.org/2025/05/21/u...

We also mention my talk, originally delivered at MIMA, ‘How Can Novels Help Us Think About Money… and Maybe Even Save the Planet?’ moneyontheleft.org/2024/02/26/h...

… and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s #TheGreatGatsby, which @videotroph.bsky.social and I have written about for the forthcoming volume Inflationary Modernities link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Wonderful kickoff!

A classic from our archives.

The inside on today's most despised racket!

Heterodox economist Jamee K. Moudud returns to Money on the Left to discuss his new book, Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez-Faire? (Routledge, 2025).

Soon, we'll oversee a budget of more than $100 billion — and every dollar will reflect our commitment to working New Yorkers and delivering universal childcare. Good thing some little New Yorkers gave me a counting lesson today!

For far too many families, the cost of childcare is driving them out of the city they love. New Yorkers deserve to be able to afford to raise families here.

It's accounting gimmicks all the way down--always & forever. The political question is not 'How do we truly get our books in order?' but instead 'How do we design a system that genuinely takes care of everyone?'

Conventional wisdom says fiscal policy & banking should live apart. We disagree. This artificial division undercuts democracy by artificially constraining economic power. Here, we introduce the Public Grant-Making Bank, which expands fiscal capacity where it's needed most.

We need a revised Public Banking Act that establishes a new class of financial institution: the Public Grant-Making Bank. A Public Grant-Making Bank actively tackles pressing social and ecological challenges where traditional, loan-based financing proves inadequate.

Very few voices more compelling on the present state of higher education than @bakerdphd.bsky.social and @annakornbluh.bsky.social. If you happen to be in Chicago on December 4th, you can hear from both. And I will also be there.

"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population" — Larry Summers to Jeff Epstein