Image: Rosa Luxemburg, distinguished leader of the German Social Democrats, whose The Accumulation of Capital advanced understanding of the imminent logic of capitalist 'globalization.'
Capital Theory
These books and papers develop an account of the role public credit plays in the generation of money and material wealth, hence the accumulation of physical as well as intellectual capital. One upshot is that by far the greater part of modern societies' capital stock is attributable to the public, hence properly managed and deployed by the same.
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Columns, OpEds, Occasional Journalism
I'm no Marx or Keynes, but like them I do try to accompany most of my scholarly, policy advocacy, and legislative work with more accessible journalistic companion pieces. Here are some of my regular columns for Forbes, The Hill, FT, and Huffington Post, along with other occasional journalism.
The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal initiative begun in 2018 marked the beginning of a return to ambitious public-private coordination in the cause of rebuilding the American economy along more just, productive, and sustainable lines. Hockett worked with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and her team from the start on the GND Resolution introduced to Congress in early 2019, then on the initiative's finance plan as well as much follow-up legislation found in the 'Legislation' Module of this site.
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