A good listen where you learn: The expected effects of the new tax policy The reason why governments issue bonds instead of just printing money Why the size of the budget deficit … Continue reading Stephanie Kelton explains how the government budget affects the economy and the mechanics of student debt forgiveness

Instead of focusing on what everyone is already talking about, hunt down unusual knowledge. A few good pointers on how to keep up on things without overload, starting with “Selective Ignorance.” Source: … Continue reading Stop reading the latest news if you want to be better informed

Data show a large donation disparity between legislators who voted against the bill — or simply declined to vote — and those who supported measure’s increased fines against industry. A little bit … Continue reading Defeat of Pesticide Bill Highlights Ag Industry’s Campaign Donations

Everyone knows governments need to tax before they can spend. What Modern Monetary Theory presupposes is, maybe they don’t. The concept is not really as radical as you think, it actually describes … Continue reading The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money – VICE

Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process takes months. Source: How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries – The New York Times Continue reading How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries

Jared Kushner’s firm made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset. Jared Kushner’s real estate firm sought money directly from the Qatar government and when he didn’t get it, weeks later: Jared Kushner provided critical support to … Continue reading Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade

More than twice as many women are running for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections as were running just two years ago. And maybe our representatives will then become a little bit … Continue reading Number of women running in midterms more than doubles from 2016 to 2018: report

We need exactly one more vote in the Senate — help save the free and open internet Source: Call Your Senator: One More Vote to Save Net Neutrality | American Civil Liberties … Continue reading Call Your Senator: One More Vote to Save Net Neutrality

Thucydides, an Athenian writing more than a century after Pisistratus, said that in the bad old days, all Greeks used to walk around armed at all times, due to the chaotic nature of their world. By his own day, though, the mark of a stable and civil society was a citizenry that … Continue reading What the ancient Greeks can teach us about gun control

Here’s how one schoolteacher takes time each week to look out for the lonely. Smart idea, she looks for students that other students don’t want to hang out with. Source: One Teacher’s … Continue reading One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings

FCC chairman Ajit Pai receives a handmade rifle and the NRA’s “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” for overseeing net neutrality repeal. I’m sure he was pleased with the timing of the … Continue reading FCC chair gets ‘courage under fire’ custom rifle and award from the NRA for overseeing net neutrality repeal

MIAMI — To help fund a national gun control movement, a small group of South Florida students who survived the worst high school shooting in U.S. history set up a modest website … Continue reading Parkland students have a cause and $3.5 million — here’s how they’re going to spend it