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✨Democratic Public Finance✨
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Billy Saas & Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance."
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*Transcript forthcoming
✨Democratic Public Finance✨
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
Billy Saas & Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance."
Please listen 🎧 & share 🙌 !
*Transcript forthcoming
Willa, our cohosts argue, embodies the entangled, embattled, and yet still hopeful left politics that One Battle ultimately celebrates.
One Battle After Another
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Willa, our cohosts argue, embodies the entangled, embattled, and yet still hopeful left politics that One Battle ultimately celebrates.
The Paradox of Political Thrift
The Paradox of Political Thrift
By Will BeamanDemocratic endorsement politics around Zohran Mamdani continue to bend in ways that feel at once familiar and strange. A spokesman for House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries brushed off Senato…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Paradox of Political Thrift
“The Public Banking Act’s proposed changes to the existing financial system are powerful; however the legislation still operates within a capitalist paradigm of loan-based financing.” moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/11/b...
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
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November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“The Public Banking Act’s proposed changes to the existing financial system are powerful; however the legislation still operates within a capitalist paradigm of loan-based financing.” moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/11/b...
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The left should be angry about this & fight tooth & nail to overturn it. Instead, it is simply accepted as the indisputable background for all political contestation. Presented with its toxic effects, we shrug & chalk it up to “capitalism,” as if a function of historical necessity, not politics.
"The Constitution of the United States should not forbid sub-federal entities from creating money. That’s anti-democratic."
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November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The left should be angry about this & fight tooth & nail to overturn it. Instead, it is simply accepted as the indisputable background for all political contestation. Presented with its toxic effects, we shrug & chalk it up to “capitalism,” as if a function of historical necessity, not politics.
"The Constitution of the United States should not forbid sub-federal entities from creating money. That’s anti-democratic."
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The Constitution of the United States should not forbid sub-federal entities from creating money. That’s anti-democratic."
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Let CUNY Socialize EdTech for All of Us
Mamdani Win Could Be The First Step Towards Seizing The Means of Knowledge Production (Let CUNY Socialize EdTech for All of Us)
by Matt Seybold This essay originally appeared on Matt Seybold’s The American Vandal Substack. We are grateful for his generous permission to republish it here. An understandable response to …
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November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Let CUNY Socialize EdTech for All of Us
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another.
One Battle After Another
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…
moneyontheleft.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another.
Mamdani has already displayed unparalleled political expertise in debunking myths about public spending. We build on this expertise.
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
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November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Mamdani has already displayed unparalleled political expertise in debunking myths about public spending. We build on this expertise.
Make grants, not loans.
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
moneyontheleft.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Make grants, not loans.
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
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On Julie Mell’s reading, the prevailing understanding of the medieval Jewish moneylender–common to both antisemitic and philosemetic discourses in the 19th and 20th centuries– has no more basis in history than does the related myth of barter.
Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender with Julie Mell
In this episode, we talk to Julie Mell, an associate professor of history at North Carolina State University and author of the two volume book, The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender. In …
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November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
On Julie Mell’s reading, the prevailing understanding of the medieval Jewish moneylender–common to both antisemitic and philosemetic discourses in the 19th and 20th centuries– has no more basis in history than does the related myth of barter.
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Very excited to be part of the audience for @robbhawkes.bsky.social and Robyn Ollett’s research seminar at #TeessideUniversity
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Very excited to be part of the audience for @robbhawkes.bsky.social and Robyn Ollett’s research seminar at #TeessideUniversity
So, what is Democratic Public Finance?
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So, what is Democratic Public Finance?
"I think there are ways of describing capacity as a process of humanization that are less developed but present everywhere. This is something that I think the Mamdani campaign does really, really well."
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November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"I think there are ways of describing capacity as a process of humanization that are less developed but present everywhere. This is something that I think the Mamdani campaign does really, really well."
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DOGE has officially been declared defunct. Right now, then, it's urgent to review its illegal actions and begin planning for a new fiscal architecture that is not susceptible to such incursions.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
DOGE has officially been declared defunct. Right now, then, it's urgent to review its illegal actions and begin planning for a new fiscal architecture that is not susceptible to such incursions.
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"Contrary to economic orthodoxy, this paradigm redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than exploitative competition for scarce funds."
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
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November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Contrary to economic orthodoxy, this paradigm redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than exploitative competition for scarce funds."
The Unofficial Lives of Public Money
The Unofficial Lives of Public Money
by Will Beaman Recent Money on the Left proposals for endogenous credit campaigns—like Unis or Blue Bonds—often run headlong into an unspoken but deeply rooted distinction between “official” and “u…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Unofficial Lives of Public Money
Grant-based financing beyond profitability is already a central function of financial life in the United States. Here, we propose a way to make grant-based financing more powerful.
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
moneyontheleft.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Grant-based financing beyond profitability is already a central function of financial life in the United States. Here, we propose a way to make grant-based financing more powerful.
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis.
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"The sovereign is never going to accommodate, never really going to give grace, or maybe rarely and in limited form. Democratic public finance gives us a much broader path with many more forks and possibilities."
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"The sovereign is never going to accommodate, never really going to give grace, or maybe rarely and in limited form. Democratic public finance gives us a much broader path with many more forks and possibilities."
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Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Food, Money & Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient & Equitable Communities of Work
By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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By Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid & Max Sussman
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We need public banks that grant, not just extend loans.
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
moneyontheleft.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We need public banks that grant, not just extend loans.
Some thoughts what Mamdani can do in NYC.
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Some thoughts what Mamdani can do in NYC.
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People should check out post Keynesian economics and other ideas that challenge the objectives of the fiscal establishment.
The economic guidelines that prefer profit for global corporations over people can't solve the issues they created.
I'd also recommend @moneyontheleft.bsky.social.
The economic guidelines that prefer profit for global corporations over people can't solve the issues they created.
I'd also recommend @moneyontheleft.bsky.social.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
People should check out post Keynesian economics and other ideas that challenge the objectives of the fiscal establishment.
The economic guidelines that prefer profit for global corporations over people can't solve the issues they created.
I'd also recommend @moneyontheleft.bsky.social.
The economic guidelines that prefer profit for global corporations over people can't solve the issues they created.
I'd also recommend @moneyontheleft.bsky.social.
Just say no to leftists who tell you that Mamdani must play by neoliberal rules of public finance. Don’t accept the enemy’s paradigm.
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just say no to leftists who tell you that Mamdani must play by neoliberal rules of public finance. Don’t accept the enemy’s paradigm.