Macro N Cheese
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Macro N Cheese
A podcast that critically examines the working-class struggle through the lens of MMT or Modern Monetary Theory. Host Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives, provides incisive political commentary and showcases grassroots activism. Join us for a robust, unfiltered exploration of economic issue...
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Ep 378 - Revisiting the Stalin Eras Part 2: Context Not Caricature with Jeremy of Proles Pod
** Macro ‘n Chill is our weekly online gathering where we listen to the podcast episode and talk about it among friends. This Tuesday, Jeremy of Prole...
Ep 377 - Revisiting the Stalin Eras Part 1: Understanding Democratic Centralism with Jeremy of ProlesPod
** Come to Macro ‘n Chill, our online community gathering, where we listen to and discuss the current episode. This week, Jeremy of Proles Pod will be...
Ep 376 - Modern Monetary Theory & the Question of Democracy with Jim Byrne
** Questions about MMT? Thoughts about the episode? Come to our online gathering, Macro ‘n Chill. Tuesday, April 21, 8pm ET/5pm PT. Use this link to r...
Ep 375 - (R)evolutionary Struggle with Steve Grumbine
** This week’s Macro ‘n Chill might shake us up. Some of us, at least. Come discuss the episode with the community. Tues, April 14, 8pm ET/5pm PT. Use...
Ep 374 - Escape From Capitalism with Clara Mattei
Join our community on Tuesday evening as we listen to and discuss this episode. April 7th at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Use this link to register: https://us06web...
Ep 373 - Is There A Path To Fiat Socialism? with Carlos García Hernández
Carlos García Hernández, author of Fiat Socialism: Achieving the Goals of Socialism Through Modern Monetary Theory, joins Steve to revisit their discu...
Ep 372 - Crisis of Hegemony & the Vassalization of Europe with Thomas Fazi
** Tuesday evening, March 24, we’ll be listening to and discussing this episode in our online gathering, Macro ‘n Chill. Register here: https://us06we...
Ep 371 - You Can't Vote Away Colonialism with Fadhel Kaboub
** Join our community-building online gathering where we listen to the episode together and discuss it in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. Tuesday, M...
Ep 370 - Empire & Exodus with Erald Kolasi
Erald Kolasi is back to attack the bourgeois narrative on immigration, which reduces it to a series of individual choices. He and Steve dig into the m...
Ep 369 - Sarah Connor Warned Us with Peter Byrne
While we’re being distracted by chatbots and AI gimmicks, Silicon Valley is quietly embedding its products into surveillance systems, border enforceme...
Ep 368 - Socialism Unmade: Confronting Five Centuries of Capital with Ali Kadri
“...Some are dancing, some are drowning, but in the end everybody’s going to go under.”
Dr. Ali Kadri (Sun Yat-sen University), author of the Un...
Ep 367 - MMT & Marxism: Finding Common Ground with Owen Bennett
Can Marxists and MMTers find common ground, or are they doomed to be strategic enemies?
Steve’s guest is Australian labor historian and organize...
Ep 366 - Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? with Gabriel Rockhill
This week Steve invited Gabriel Rockhill to talk about his new book Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? Vol 1 of The Intellectual World War.
Ep 365 - Funding White Supremacy with Robert B. Williams
Funding white supremacy is a core, not incidental, function of the modern capitalist state in the U.S. It is also the title of economist Robert B. Wil...
Ep 364 - State Money, Class Struggle with Anthony Anastasi
We’ve made the case before, but it bears repeating: MMT is a politically neutral, descriptive lens explaining the operational realities of a sovereign...
Ep 363 - Venezuela's Unfinished Revolution with Ricardo Vaz
Steve opens in a subdued mood brought on by the dizzying speed of ‘current events.’ For this episode he’s stepping back and looking at Venezuela. News...
Ep 362 - Debunking the Institutional Theory of Economic Development with Erald Kolasi
Steve welcomes back Erald Kolasi, physicist-economist, author, and friend of the podcast. Erald is here to do a demolition job on “institutional” deve...
Ep 361 - Discernment in the Age of Disinformation with Andy Lee Roth & Shealeigh Voitl
Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth join Steve to talk about Project Censored’s State of the Free Press 2025. The book – an annual publication – compile...
Ep 360 - Care Theory of Value with Emma Holten
Let’s face it, even “good” macro talk can fall into the trap of treating the economy like a tidy spreadsheet while real lives get crushed in the margi...
Ep 359 - Epstein: Power, Corruption & Media Complicity with Nolan Higdon
For a masterclass in true bipartisanship, look no further than the guest list of Jeffrey Epstein! We all love a good conspiracy story, but it’s often...
Ep 358 - Now Is the Time of Monsters: Gramsci on Counterrevolution with Vijay Prashad
Historian and journalist Vijay Prashad talks with Steve about why Antonio Gramsci still matters.
Listeners to this podcast know that we have a...
Ep 357 - Socialism with Chinese Characteristics with Yan Liang
In today’s world, anyone serious about anti-imperialism, global development, and monetary sovereignty needs to break through the well-funded US propag...
Ep 356 - Scotland's Economic Suicide Pact? with Will Thomson
Steve and his guest, Scottish political economist William Thomson, use the fight over Scotland’s independence to dissect how class power hides inside...
Ep 355 - Dialectics of Dominance with Aaron Good
“We’re at an inflection point – a civilizational crisis. Western imperial dominance is ending, and its dying spasms are only accelerating the collapse...
Ep 354 - The Fed As a Weapon of Class Power with L. Randall Wray
Randy: “We’re supposed to believe the central bank manages inflation by using interest rates?"
Steve: “It’s ridiculous.”
L. Randall Wray...
Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer
** Want to take a deeper dive into this podcast? Join us on Tuesday evenings for Macro ‘n Chill, where we listen to the most recent episode together....
Ep 352 - Nothing to Hide with Heidi Boghosian
Heidi Boghosian is an attorney, author, and co-host of Law and Disorder podcast and radio show. She joins Steve to discuss how the US surveillance sta...
Ep 351 - Born on Third Base with Steve Hall
The two Steves – Hall and Grumbine – get together to dismantle the myth of the self-made man, exposing it as a centuries-old political weapon designed...
Ep 350 - Naked Corruption with Bill Black
Do you know what kakistocracy means? You’ll find out in this episode with guest Bill Black. Because, yeah, this is an educational podcast. A lot of us...
Ep 349 - Cultural Syndromes of Capitalism with David Fields
**This week’s Macro ‘n Chill gathering should be a lively one. Whenever we dive into the topic of cultural hegemony, it sparks a thoughtful discussion...
Ep 348 - Gaza: Digital Colonialism & Resistance with Omar Zahzah
The Palestinian liberation struggle is a fundamental class and anti-colonial issue. First-time guest to the podcast, Professor Omar Zahzah, talks with...
Ep 347 - Libertarianism vs. Reality with Brett Scott
Economic anthropologist Brett Scott, the author of Cloud Money, talks with Steve about libertarianism’s big lie. Or lies – plural.
From a class...
Ep 346 - MMT: Why Our Allies Ignore Us with Yeva Nersisyan
** You are invited to attend Macro ‘n Chill, our community building online gathering where we discuss the current episode of the podcast. Tuesday, Sep...
Ep 345 - Argentina: IMF, MMT, Class Warfare with Daniel Conceição
Our friend Daniel Conceição is back for his sixth(!) time on Macro N Cheese. He and Steve share their critique of "neutral" or academic MMT that avoid...
Ep 344 - The Unstable Genius Act with Bob Hockett
** Tuesday evening, Bob will join our weekly online gathering where we’ll listen to the podcast together and discuss. Bring your questions for him. Se...
Ep 343 - Imports Are A Benefit, Exports Are A Cost? with William Mitchell
In our 14th episode with Australian economist Bill Mitchell, the conversation focuses on the MMT perspective on international trade. Bill explains wha...
Ep 342 - From Corbyn to Palestine: an MMT Analysis with Chris Williamson
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Ep 341 - AI's Hidden Thirst with Erald Kolasi
Our friend, physicist and economist Erald Kolasi, stops by the Macro N Cheese clubhouse to talk with Steve about the profound effects of AI on the ene...
Ep 340 - Humanode: One Person, One Vote with Victor Vernissage
**Our weekly online gathering, Macro ‘n Chill is the perfect place to discuss this week’s episode, especially since it includes terminology you might...
Ep 339 - Sociocide with Charles Derber
Charles Derber, a sociology professor at Boston College, talks with Steve about his book, 'Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations and the Quest...