Positing Job Guarantee Antecedents – Part 2 of 2

By John Haly and Dr. Martha Knox-Haly, originally published at Auswakeup Media. We now go on to part two of our discussion of the concept of a “Mismatched Unemployment Inflationary Rate” (MUIR), which would use a federal job guarantee to bridge the gap between full employment policies and the inflationary risk associated with mismatched skills… Read More Positing Job Guarantee Antecedents – Part 2 of 2

Positing Job Guarantee Antecedents – Part 1 of 2

By John Haly and Dr. Martha Knox-Haly, originally published at Auswakeup Media. Any monetary sovereign government can address unemployment through social and political means, giving the working class a functional financial safety net. What stands in the way, however, is the political establishment’s lack of will and refusal to renounce neo-liberal ideology, which uses the… Read More Positing Job Guarantee Antecedents – Part 1 of 2

Debate on the reformation of economics education

from Jack Reardon A spirited debate on the reformation of economics education is welcomed and necessary. I am thrilled to participate in it. The key word is education: we need to educate our students and the public, rather than proselytize, which unfortunately is too often the modus operandi of neoclassical economics. Proselytization is little different… Read More Debate on the reformation of economics education