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Argentina adopting U.S. dollar to fight inflation would be ‘insane’ neocolonialism, says economist Ha-Joon Chang

Originally published: Geopolitical Economy Report on May 25, 2023 by Ben Norton (more by Geopolitical Economy Report) |

Right-wing politicians in Argentina want to adopt the US dollar as the national currency to fight inflation. Development economist Ha-Joon Chang said this is “insane”, warning dollarization would make the Latin American nation a “colony”.
Israel is ‘considerably weakened’—as BDS finds a home in the Democratic Party

Originally published: Mondoweiss on June 21, 2021 by Philip Weiss (more by Mondoweiss) |

More signs that support for Israel is cracking among U.S. progressives.

Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
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Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]
Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
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This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]
The Public Banking Institute
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In this episode, we speak with Walt McRee (President) and Peter Winslow (Vice President) of the Public Banking Institute (PBI) about their past and ongoing advocacy for public banking. Founded in 2011 by author Ellen Brown and a core collective of advocates, PBI aims to break the monopoly of Wall Street’s private banking system by […]