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Defending Democratic Capitalism from the Extreme Left
How to Recognize and Respond to “Capitalism Can’t Be Reformed” and “Let It All Collapse” Arguments
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Defending Democratic Capitalism from the Extreme Right
How to Recognize and Respond to “Taxation is Theft” and “Enforcing the Law is Violence” Arguments
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Obamacare Succeeded at Health Insurance but Was Always Doomed to Fail at Healthcare
Deconstructing the Mythology That Made Its Failure Inevitable, So We Can Finally Demand Better
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Federal Taxes Don’t Fund the Government: We’ve Known This Since 1946
The Shocking Truth a Federal Reserve Chairman Told America (And Why It Took 80 Years to Rediscover)
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
How to Make Economics a Science
In my previous essay “Economics is not a Science”, I argued that mainstream economics fails to meet the basic criteria we would expect from a genuine…
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Universal Basic Income (UBI) isn’t the right solution, the U.S. needs Universal Basic Assets (UBA)
Why How We Meet Human Needs Matters More Than How Much We Spend
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Beyond Capitalism vs. Socialism
Why Understanding Monetary Reality Matters More Than Ideological Purity
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Why Monetary Systems Matter
A Response to Hard Money Misconceptions About Money, Debt, and Government Spending
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
Why Economic Models Matter
A Response to Monetarist Misconceptions About Taxes, Deficits, and Inflation
 • Chevan Nanayakkara
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