Sociology
Banks Turn $8 Into a Money Making Machine
Banks create money with debt. With a small amount of capital, layered loan fees, sales, and servicing rights that fuel endless profit cycles, it reveals who really creates money in our society.
Sociology
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Sociology
A Cross and a Hood: The KKK's Christian Nationalistic Identity
Abstract The KKK cloaked racial hatred into the Christian Nationalistic identity, embedding itself into churches and communities, which proves that faith's language can be weaponized to make hatred feel holy. Let me say first, I believe in Jesus Christ enough to try to follow his teachings found in
Sociology
MODERN MONETARY THEORY: A NEW LENS ON MONEY, POLICY, AND PEOPLE
MMT reframes government spending for sovereign currency issuers, arguing inflation, not deficits, is the true constraint, enabling full employment and public investment without austerity.
Sociology
Workers Don't Need Billionaires, But Billionaires Need Workers
Workers and non-billionaires build and sustain the economy. Billionaires usually gain wealth after success and rarely own entire companies. The workforce, not extreme wealth, is the true foundation of economic activity.
Sociology
Why Do Countries Colonize Other Territories?
Colonization aims for economic control. It does this by managing resources, labor, trade, and financial power. It also limits rival nations' strategic options.
Sociology
Who Benefits in Downturns
When markets crash, the wealthy win. Billionaires buy assets at fire-sale prices while ordinary families cannot compete. Other folks' misfortune is their gain.
Sociology
We must always check power, and those who abuse it must face justice.
Unchecked power, in both capitalism and communism, leads to abuse. The solution is not an economic extreme, but a legal system in which no one is above the law, and all rulers face justice.
Global Warming
The Looming Gap: How Growing Population Puts Our Future Food Supply at Risk
This essay examines the critical intersection between a growing global population, projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, and declining agricultural productivity driven by climate change, which threatens future food security.
Sociology
You Can’t Always Tell Someone’s Chromosomes by Looking at Them at Birth
Doctors cannot always identify biological sex by appearance at birth. Chromosomes, genes, and hormones interact in complex ways. This leaves many people discovering their true label much later in life.
Sociology
When the Government Controls Prices or Supply, Should the Government Set Maximum Wages and Profits?
When governments control prices, supply, or market entry, unlimited wages and profits create wealth where it is not deserved. Maximum wage and profit limits help balance power, protect trust, and prevent abuse.
Sociology
The Real Adam Smith: Beyond "The Invisible Hand"
Adam Smith supported free markets but argued for government-funded education, progressive taxes, and regulation to protect the public from business conspiracies, a balanced vision often omitted.
Sociology
When Hard Work Was Enough, at least for the Boomers
Boomers benefited from strong wages, cheap college, and near-full health coverage, then labeled younger generations “entitled” for wanting the same protections in a much harsher economy.