Dissent

MMT’s account of the origin of money is a useful corrective to the stories told by orthodox economists. But a deeper history of the social construction of money opens up more radical possibilities for rethinking the monetary order.

Veteran HIV/AIDS activist Peter Staley discusses the AIDS crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of his friend Dr. Anthony Fauci in both.

We’re still living with the punitive politics of family values. A broader, universal vision can break its vise grip.

California’s progressive image can be misleading. But it’s also home to activists fighting to change the state for the better.

Celine McNicholas of the Economic Policy Institute digs into the PRO Act and other labor policies currently on the table.

Isabel Wilkerson’s account of racial oppression elides crucial differences between social inequality in South Asia and the United States—differences with real implications for emancipatory political projects.

It’s time to abandon the assumption that workers have a “natural” home on the center-left. But we should also reject the idea that social conservatism always lies latent within working-class culture, ready for right-wing politicians to activate.

The idea that more degrees, credentials, and skills will raise the bottom of the economic floor has become an article of national faith. But educational systems can just as easily reproduce inequality as mitigate it.

Under Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party waged a right-wing culture war and changed the terms of Japanese politics. The opposition will need to learn from his success to coalesce around a popular alternative.

Comparisons of repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang reveal a new consolidation of authority in Xi’s CCP, intent on stifling any signs of nonconformity.

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Work Won’t Love You Back.

We must recognize and compensate for the intrinsic political weaknesses of taxation—and specifically progressive taxation—through the alternative fiscal strategy of economic democracy.