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‘Let’s just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle’: Climate lunacy and Burnham’s ‘pragmatism’

Originally published: Media Lens on August 4, 2026 by Media Lens Staff (more by Media Lens) | (Posted Aug 06, 2026)

The dictionary tells us ‘pragmatic’ means: ‘dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations’.

Endogeneity Without Exception: Modern Monetary Theory & The Promise of Heterodoxy
Scott Ferguson

Billy Saas and guest-host Will Beaman speak with Money on the Left’s own Scott Ferguson about his essay, “Endogeneity Without Exception: Modern Monetary Theory and the Promise of Heterodoxy,” published recently in the Journal of Economic Issues.
A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory with John T. Harvey
Scott Ferguson

We speak with John T. Harvey about a new article he co-wrote with Billy Saas titled, “A Rhetorical History of Modern Money Theory,” out this month in the September 2026 issue of the Journal of Economic Issues. Harvey is Hal Wright Professor of Economics at Texas Christian University. We discuss his recent publication in the […]
Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
Scott Ferguson

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, […]