Tag: Capital
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Norway Is Far More Socialist Than Venezuela
Conservatives stumble over themselves trying to define socialism.
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Fighting Climate Change with a Green TVA
Turning the TVA into the public power company we need.
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Baby Bonds Only Modestly Reduce the Racial Wealth Gap
The racial wealth gap is a lot bigger than many realize.
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The Three Types of Populist Economic Policy
External power, internal power, and ownership policies all claw at capital.
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Public Ownership Is Suitable for All Sectors
Krugman's defense of public ownership is too limited.
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US Companies Are Flush With Left Over Cash
The median S&P 500 company has over $800 million in surplus cash.
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Important Not to Confuse Monopoly and Wealth Inequality
Monopoly and wealth inequality are somewhat different things.
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Public Wealth in the US and Nordic Countries
Norway's government has a net worth equal to 350 percent of its GDP.
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The Economic Equality Agenda in a Nutshell
Build the welfare state, the unions, and state ownership.
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Cory Booker's $700 Billion Social Wealth Fund Proposal
The idea is a good start but could be greatly improved.
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Response to Andy Kessler on the Social Wealth Fund
The American Solidarity Fund's taxes would work out fine.
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Three Brief Notes on the Climate Change Debate
The climate change debate contains some silliness.
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The Dramatic Rise of Public Ownership in Midcentury Sweden
Sweden's experience provides hope for the social wealth fund idea.
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Critiques of Labour's Inclusive Ownership Funds
Some of the arguments are good while others are quite bad.
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The Labour Party's Inclusive Ownership Fund Is a Good Idea
Funds socialism is the practical way to socialize the ownership of capital.
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I Went to Finland and Had an Interesting Time There
A recount of my debate with Finnish MP Juhana Vartiainen.
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What Does Sweden Teach Us About Fighting Inequality?
Wealth expropriation, high income taxes, and state ownership get the goods.
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A Response to Mike Konczal on the Social Wealth Fund
The social wealth fund is a good idea rather than a bad idea.
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Tackling Inequality Through the Social Ownership of Capital
A detailed proposal for the creation of a dividend-paying social wealth fund.
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Nordic Governments Own 33% of the Region's Wealth
Surprise: the Federalist piece on the Nordics has a lot more errors.