The Place of Structure and its Education
At the recent Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, I responded to a paper about the concept of place in education. I’m including that response...
The dialectic of a philosophical education for school finance (playlist)
In March of last year, I was on a panel at the Philosophy of Education Society’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh. The panel was an author-meets-critics of the...
"Emergency Loans Are Costing US Schools Millions"
This week I’m passing along an article published late last week by Michael Beyea Reagan and Jason T. Wozniak, two friends and comrades who do great work on...
"Critical theory of finance"
This week, I’m sending along an event called “Critical Theory of Finance,” with a number of heavy-hitters combining marxian thinking with finance. I don’t...
Whiplash
This is the fourth and final lecture I recorded for my education law class, part of a series called “The Law of Green Fiscal Mutualism” (first, second,...
Green bank law
This is the third in a series of lectures I’m calling “The Law of Green Fiscal Mutualism,” which I recorded for my education law class this semester. Second...
Is fiscal mutualism illegal in NY?
This is the second lecture in my series “The Law of Green Fiscal Mutualism,” a series of video recordings I made for my education law class last year (the...
Revenue ideas for green healthy schools in NYC (special edition!)
I normally write this newsletter every week on Mondays, but I’m putting out a special edition because there’s really exciting energy in New York City at the...
The law of green fiscal mutualism
Last fall I taught a course on education law. I dug into the legal foundations of green fiscal mutualism, which is when green banks derisk pension investment...
Bond vote strategy
In two thirds of states in the country, you need to get vote approval for a new bond. It's a big deal whether the voters in your district approve the bond or...
Chinese municipal bonds
I've been curious about Chinese municipal bonds because the country has been characterized as a kind of challenger to the western hegemony in the world:...
Varn Vlog
C. Derick Varn had me on his vlog/podcast recently, and it was a cool conversation that was wide-ranging across philosophy, finance, and economics. I’m...
Cutting off the fiscal nose
There's a new movement against Environmental, Social, Governance investing (ESG) in conservative states. What the new laws do is prevent banks who do ESG...
"Education Today"
A couple weeks ago, I was a featured guest on Education Today, a weekly radio show on KPFA, 94.1 out of Berkeley, CA. Hosted by longtime education activist...
Mamdani vs. the Credit Rating Machine
Last Thursday, I published the following op-ed on the Debt Collective’s substack, “In the Red.” I highly recommend you subscribe to it—there’s no better...
Behind the news
Doug Henwood is an institution on the left (look him up!), particularly when it comes to critiques of finance, and he’s got a great podcast called Behind the...
Critical teaching and learning forum
Announcements: I’ll be doing a book talk this week with Penn State, Swarthmore, and the Philadelphia Node of the Urban-Based Action Research Network online....
The Referenda
Announcement: I’ll be addressing a group of university and organizing groups in the Philadelphia area on 3/26, talking about my book, school finance, etc....
"War and revolution"
Announcement: I’m going to do an in-person book event with the United Teachers of Los Angeles on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 11am PST. If you’re in LA it’d...
Democratic Finance for New York City’s Budget Dance
This piece was originally published at Money on the Left. After I wrote it, I posted it in on the NYC Public Servants subreddit, asking what people thought...