About this episode
The episode discusses the framework of Democratic Public Finance and its implications for resource mobilization and politics.
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” (DPF). According to this paradigm, money is public credit, a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than as an austere and exploitative competition for scarce funds....
People in this episode
Hosts: Billy Saas, Scott Ferguson
Guest: Will Beaman
Topics covered
- Democratic Public Finance
- public credit
- resource mobilization
- ecological limits
- politics
- society
Keywords
- Democratic Public Finance
- public credit
- resource mobilization
- ecological limits
- politics
- society
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