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By internalizing debt service, the Loop transforms an extractive cost into a self-replenishing public fund, capturing interest payments to fund housing, transit, care infrastructure, and the arts. moneyontheleft.org/2026/07/23/w...
A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
Measure for Measure: A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
by Antonia Marrero On July 16, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani gathered at the historic Tenement Museum alongside housing advocates and organizers to release New York City’s landmark Rental Ripoff Repo…
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"[A] municipal bank is not just one sticky note in the pile; it is the very foundation upon which every other progressive initiative depends."
The Seattle Loop: Reclaiming the Public Interest
By Tyler Suksawat & Scott Ferguson A palpable, but indecisive enthusiasm permeated a recent Seattle arts forum, revealing a city desperate for a future that no one quite knows how to build, let…
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This article originally appeared in 2001 as “Le troc primitif, un mythe fondateur d’une approche économiste de la monnaie,” Revue numismatique 157: 15–32. We thank the author for permission to publish this translation. moneyontheleft.org/2026/06/20/t...
Prototyping Democratic Public Finance With the Seattle Loop
Prototyping Democratic Public Finance With the Seattle Loop
By Will Beaman Seattle is once again being told that a projected budget deficit requires difficult choices about which public commitments the city can continue to honor. Councilmember Robert Kettle…
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A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
Measure for Measure: A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
by Antonia Marrero On July 16, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani gathered at the historic Tenement Museum alongside housing advocates and organizers to release New York City’s landmark Rental Ripoff Repo…
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Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. moneyontheleft.org/2026/08/01/d...
Earlier monetary writings generally treated money as inseparable from political authority and social order. By contrast, the barter myth imagines a world of isolated individuals exchanging goods without monetary mediation, presenting exchange as the natural basis of human society.
The Barter Myth & the Conceptual Foundations of Economic Modernity
Money on the Left: History, Theory, PracticeVol. 1, No. 2 (2026)ISSN 2833-051X The Barter Myth & the Conceptual Foundations of Economic Modernity By Jean-Michel Servet Abstract The barter myth—…
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And we @moneyontheleft.bsky.social believe in a myriad of ways… What we invest in through the power of the bank simultaneously strengthens the bank and that reciprocity can take us places we didn’t think we could go before.
Washingtonians for Public Banking@waforpublicbanking.bsky.social · 20h ago"Proponents are hopeful that a public bank would help the city address some of its most intractable problems, including the housing affordability crisis and solvency for small businesses." www.governing.com/management-a...
Let’s make them happen everywhere! Sprinkle a little credit here and a little there ✨ ✨ ✨
Washingtonians for Public Banking@waforpublicbanking.bsky.social · 22h agoI hope to see you there. Let's make a public bank happen in Pierce County.
"Proponents are hopeful that a public bank would help the city address some of its most intractable problems, including the housing affordability crisis and solvency for small businesses." www.governing.com/management-a...
Does San Francisco Need a Public Bank?
Proponents are hopeful that a public bank would help the city address some of its most intractable problems, including the housing affordability crisis and solvency for small businesses.
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“Rather than allowing municipal interest payments to leave the public realm as income for private creditors, the Loop keeps that income circulating through Seattle’s own institutions.”
Prototyping Democratic Public Finance With the Seattle Loop
By Will Beaman Seattle is once again being told that a projected budget deficit requires difficult choices about which public commitments the city can continue to honor. Councilmember Robert Kettle…
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The 97th edition of Pressing Issues from @freepress.bsky.social features part of the @moneyontheleft.bsky.social podcast conversation with Free Press Board Chair @victorpickard.bsky.social Public Media Isn’t Optional for Democracy
Public Media Isn’t Optional for Democracy
Free Press Board Chair Victor Pickard explains why on the latest episode of ‘Money on the Left’
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Grateful to the team at @moneyontheleft.bsky.social granting our Pressing Issues permission to feature @victorpickard.bsky.social's conversation on their podcast!
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 23h agoBig thanks to Pressing Issues for featuring our recent podcast discussion with @victorpickard.bsky.social on their website. Check it out!
I hope to see you there. Let's make a public bank happen in Pierce County.
This was a surprisingly moving listen/article. I had not heard of public banking. This is a solid introduction. Also am now a fan of Senator Hasegawa and Money on the Left.
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · yesterdayIn a fascinating historical turn, Hasegawa walks through the founding of the Bank of North Dakota over a century ago, revealing how the agrarian movement behind the bank actually drew inspiration from progressive public ownership projects underway in Seattle at the time.
"Seattle is once again being told that a projected budget deficit requires difficult choices about which public commitments the city can continue to honor."
Prototyping Democratic Public Finance With the Seattle Loop
By Will Beaman Seattle is once again being told that a projected budget deficit requires difficult choices about which public commitments the city can continue to honor. Councilmember Robert Kettle…
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An important essay and podcast conversation about Canadian banking history.
Bank of the People: History for Money’s Future
By Dan Rohde Podcast Interview with Dan Rohde, author of this essay. Who would’ve guessed that the sudden failure of a state-chartered, regional bank would’ve inspired fundamental reckonings with t…
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Animal Spirits and Public Promises: Phantom Beavers and the Politics of Monetary Design
Animal Spirits and Public Promises: Phantom Beavers and the Politics of Monetary Design
By Rob Hawkes There is a spectre haunting Nigel Farage. The spectre of a beaver. On 11 March 2026, the Bank of England announced that, following a public consultation, its next series of banknotes …
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Adventures in Quantumland w/ Ruth E. Kastner
Adventures in Quantumland w/ Ruth E. Kastner
Scott Ferguson is joined on the Superstructure podcast by Ruth E. Kastner, philosopher of physics and research associate at the University of Maryland. In their conversation, Ferguson and Kastner e…
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Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics Requires an Even Bolder Economic Vision: The Case for Democratic Public Finance
Zack Polanski’s Bold Politics Requires an Even Bolder Economic Vision: The Case for Democratic Public Finance
by Rob Hawkes The Green Party of England and Wales is attracting new members in unprecedented numbers and achieving polling percentages that would have seemed impossible a year ago. However, tensio…
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Big thanks to Pressing Issues for featuring our recent podcast discussion with @victorpickard.bsky.social on their website. Check it out!
Public Media Isn’t Optional for Democracy
Free Press Board Chair Victor Pickard explains why on the latest episode of ‘Money on the Left’
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