Socialists Should Support Government Default: Their Forebears Certainly Did

Tags: Economic Policy, Socialism, Taxes and Spending, U.S. Economy

07/07/2023 Benjamin Seevers

Socialists like Bernie Sanders and the editors of Jacobin have decried the possible US government debt default. Marx and Lenin would have vociferously disagreed.

Original Article: “Socialists Should Support Government Default: Their Forebears Certainly Did“

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