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Episode 10.2: The Pluralist Commonwealth (w/Gar Alperovitz)

by Gar Alperovitz, Adam Simpson

Gar Alperovitz discusses how what he calls the “pluralist commonwealth” charts a course beyond our current broken economic system. read more
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Evolutionary Reconstruction And Displacement

by Gar Alperovitz

How do evolutionary reconstruction and displacement of corporate power differ from “countervailing” strategies of containment and regulation? Why are evolutionary reconstruction and displacement key strategic approaches in the building of a Pluralist Commonwealth? read more
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Money

Money

by Gar Alperovitz

How is money created in the current system? How is money created in the Pluralist Commonwealth? Where can we see key elements of a new approach to monetary policy emerging today? read more
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Locke, Marx, and Two Theories of Labor

Locke, Marx, and Two Theories of Labor

by Charles Matthew Rupert

Charles Rupert examines the philosophical role of labor in the determination of value, and on this basis, articulates a precise and ambitious recalibration of the relationships between the institutions of property, enterprise, rent, debt, and income. read more
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Michael Hudson on Junk Economics: Highlights from our interview

Michael Hudson on Junk Economics: Highlights from our interview

by Adam Simpson

The Next System Project’s Adam Simpson sat down with renowned economist and economic historian Michael Hudson to discuss economic deceptions old and new for a podcast interview. read more
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Wiping the Slate Clean: Quantitative Easing, “Cancelling” Student Debt, and the Latent Power of the Fed

by Cecilia Gingerich

Could quantitative easing be used to cancel $1 trillion of student debt? And if so, what else could it and similar monetary policies accomplish? read more
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Monetarily, We Are Already In The Next System…

Monetarily, We Are Already In The Next System…

by Jesse A. Myerson

Money is created out of nothing, by many different entities, “endogenously.” It appears as a financial asset on someone’s balance sheet and a liability on someone else’s. read more
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Resource: Public Banking Institute

The Public Banking Institute is working on transforming the monetary and banking system to function in the public interest, resulting in broadly shared prosperity. read more
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Resource: Pennsylvania Public Bank Project

Resource: Pennsylvania Public Bank Project

The Pennsylvania Public Banking Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is now working across the commonwealth and in Pittsburgh to demonstrate and eventually bring to fruition the benefits of public banking. read more
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