Podcast appearances and mentions of steve grumbine

**Our Substack brings every new episode of this podcast as well timely alerts about our book clubs and webinars and reminders for Tuesday night's gatherings of Macro ‘n Chill. All this and more, straight to your inbox. Subscribe now: realprogressives.substack.com Recently, Steve appeared with host Sean St. Heart on Coup Save America, a weekly podcast committed to breaking through political rhetoric and focusing our attention on the core problems affecting our nation. The episode's title was Exploring Modern Monetary Theory with Steve Grumbine, but of course it's almost impossible to limit an MMT conversation to macroeconomics alone.From the Coup Save America show notes: “'Are Progressives like 8-bit robots walking into walls when it comes to understanding economics?' “Today we welcome special guest Steve Grumbine, founder and CEO of the nonprofits Real Progressives and Real Progress in Action. Steve is here to tell us how Modern Monetary Theory could benefit the working class American – and why it doesn't. If you think a podcast on economics will be dry and dull, you've never heard Steve's animated and passionate viewpoints on the subject. “Steve and Sean start the episode by reflecting upon the most recent presidential debate, then Steve launches right into the truth about our nation's economy. While explaining the term “austerity” as it relates to macroeconomic models, Steve dispels the myth that if a government spends money on its people, it will cause inflation. We learn about the history of the Federal Reserve and how it works, what the federal deficit actually means, and what taxes really are and why they exist. Steve teaches us the difference between a ‘currency user' and a ‘currency issuer,' along with explaining how inflation works and why he hates using the term Modern Monetary Theory. “What would an idealistic economic system look like? It comes down to understanding class, power, and the average working man's lack of agency. As progressives, we sabotage our own agenda by not understanding how economics work. Steve describes our movement's ignorance as a ‘self-inflicted gunshot wound to the junk,' and he tries to clear up some of the more common misunderstandings. He talks about the history of capitalism and how the system is now eating itself alive. When you pay interest rates, where does that money go? Is the middle class even a real thing? Steve attests that Modern Monetary Theory could contribute to fixing our society's problems, but MMT can't do it alone. How do we make our progressive goals actionable and not just theoretical? Why do progressives go to sleep whenever Democrats are in power rather than demanding real change? “Steve does a brilliant ‘Trumper' impression as he explains how we need to create working class awareness. We (as progressives) need to accept that Medicare can't work on a state-by-state level, and Steve calls out our dreams of a Universal Basic Income as being ‘batshit, bullshit crazy' (although there is still hope in the idea of Universal Basic Services). So, how do we solve our economic problems? Listen to learn about ‘outside the nine dots,' ‘creating dual power,' and how ‘education and awakening are two different things.' “Other topics include: Giving Biden credit for the CHIPS Act, price gauging during the pandemic, ‘Dude, Where's My Car,' and the economic theories of Clara E. Mattei and Jason Hickel.” Coup Save America is a weekly talk show hosted by Sean St. Heart that plants the mental seeds of social change by inciting a politically...

Support the show and get access to exclusive podcast episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by Steve Grumbine, founder of the ⁠RealProgressives⁠ non-profit and host of the ⁠Macro N Cheese⁠ ⁠podcast⁠, a podcast focused on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and left history. In this episode, we discuss why Universal Basic Services (UBS) is a better policy than Universal Basic Income (UBI). Check out the Macro N Cheese podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@RealProgressives Read more with Speechify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speechify.com/?source=fb-for-mobile&via=1Dime⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/1DimeOfficial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support 1Dime on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get extra exclusive content. Be sure to give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating if you get value out of these podcasts!

Support the show and get access to the Part 2 early on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by Steve Grumbine, founder of the RealProgressives non-profit and host of the Macro N Cheese podcast, a podcast focused on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and left history. In this episode, we discuss the problems with modern Social Democracy and the Democratic Socialist movement (embodied in the DSA in America) and why social democrats and proponents of MMT would benefit from learning Marxist theory and a class analysis of politics. In part two, we discuss why Universal Basic Services (UBS) is a better policy than Universal Basic Income (UBI). Become a Patron to listen to it early! Check out the Macro N Cheese podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@RealProgressives Read more with Speechify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://speechify.com/?source=fb-for-mobile&via=1Dime⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/1DimeOfficial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support 1Dime on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ to get extra exclusive content. Be sure to give 1Dime Radio a 5-star rating if you get value out of these podcasts!

**Each episode of Macro N Cheese has an “Extras” section filled with information and links to resources related to topics touched on in the interview. Go to https://realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese-podcast/ where you will also find a full transcript of the episode. Steve Grumbine's guest is Steve Hall, a Professor Emeritus of Criminology who has published in the fields of criminology, sociology, anthropology, history, economic history, political theory and philosophy. The discussion covers a range of political and economic issues, including class consciousness and unity among the working class in the US and Europe. They discuss the historical fear and suspicion of the working class by the political and economic elites. They talk about the impact of identity politics and the need for unity among the working class. They also touch on the influence of neoliberalism and the weaponization of identity struggles. They highlight the disconnect between what is presented in the news and the needs of the working class. They look at the concept of natural laws in economic models and how they often ignore the role of human decisions. The conversation ends with a discussion on the limitations of the current political system and the need for agency and alternative avenues of power for the working class. Steve Hall is a Professor Emeritus of Criminology. He worked at the Universities of Teesside, Northumbria and Durham. He is the author of Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture, and Theorizing Crime and Deviance, and co-author of numerous others. @ProfHall1955 on Twitter

This episode of Macro N Cheese is dedicated to Steve's mom, Joan Grumbine. Her kindness, love, and unwavering dedication to her family and community will be deeply missed. May she rest in peace.In his first solo episode, our host and jefe, Steve Grumbine, recounts the story of his political transformation from conservative republican to passionate MMT advocate, to self-identified socialist.He begins the episode talking about his recent experience dealing with the medical system as his mother's health declined. Both parents' deaths illustrate the fact that a for-profit system cannot provide the kind of healthcare we need and deserve.Awareness of class discrepancy runs through his story as he develops an awareness of the need to combine MMT with an understanding of capitalism.It's impossible to separate Steve's political development from his work on this podcast. Many of the guests affect him profoundly. In the episode he ties these insights together to create a radical and comprehensive worldview.Steve Grumbine is the founder and CEO of Real Progressives and Real Progress in Action. He is a project manager by profession.@sdgrumbine on Twitter

**Welcome to Episode #250! This represents 250 straight weeks of work on this podcast. We couldn't have managed without our diligent team: Steve Grumbine, host and head honcho, Andy Kennedy, audio engineer, editor and producer, Virginia Cotts, Julie Alberding, Jonathan Kadmon, Commie John Siener, and Tim O'Neill, who create show notes, art, transcripts, and a whole section of extra information and links to resources.We have now added a bonus event, Macro ‘n Chill, a weekly Zoom meeting where the community can gather, listen, and discuss the episode. To find us, go to the RP Events Calendar on Real Progressives' website, realprogressives.org/rp-events-calendar. Click the upcoming Tuesday where you'll find information and the registration link. The event is usually posted on Saturday after the newest episode is released. If it's not there, check back later. See you next Tuesday!**This week's episode is the second half of Steve's interview with Hamza Hamouchene about his book, Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region.Steve and Hamza agree on the importance of reckoning with the realities of the current capitalist imperialist system, which has proven to be a failure in addressing the most crucial needs of people and planet. Hamza argues that alternative visions for a better world already exist – he himself is an eco-socialist – but the challenge lies in implementing them and building the necessary alliances and coalitions of working people, both at the national and global levels.The conversation also delves into the specificities of the Arab region, which has elements of authoritarian and military dictatorships due to its subordinate insertion into the global capitalist economy and its role as a key nodal point in global fossil fuel regimes. Hamza highlights the need for a just energy transition that takes into account the control and ownership of fossil fuel resources and the potential for green renewable energies.Hamza calls for diversifying tactics and strategies, organizing and building power to challenge imperialism and the decarbonization by dispossession.Dr. Hamza Hamouchene is a London-based Algerian researcher-activist, commentator, and a founding member of Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA) and the North African Food Sovereignty Network (Siyada). He is currently the Arab region Programme Coordinator at the Transnational Institute (TNI). His work is focused on issues of extractivism, resources, land and food sovereignty as well as climate, environmental, and energy justice in the Arab region.@BenToumert on Twitter

Ever wondered why modern monetary theorists have been alarmingly silent on the debt ceiling controversy? Or why Democrats, who traditionally champion labor causes, seem to have neglected critical issues like the Supreme Court and the potential for a Federal Reserve Bank-induced recession? These are the pressing questions we tackle in our riveting discussion with the insightful Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives and host of Macro and Cheese.This episode is nothing short of a deep dive into the complex interplay of politics, power, and economics. We scrutinize the disturbing trend of weaponizing issues like student debt relief and Roe v. Wade for political gain, instead of providing substantial solutions. With Grumbine, we unravel the implications of attempting to implement systems like Medicare for All at a state level, without monetary sovereignty. We dissect Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), taxation and state credit, and debate the efficacies of building power outside the electoral process.In the latter part of our discussion, we navigate towards the international implications of monetary sovereignty, the national debt, and the role of money. Grumbine helps us dissect the power dynamics of government procurement and the economic systems at play. As we round up, we explore the potential of building power outside the electoral process, the dangers of reformism, and debate on the need for political alliances and collaborations. This episode is a must-listen if you're keen on understanding the intricate dynamics between politics, power, and economics. Join us as we pull back the curtain on these compelling issues. Support the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur )Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @skepoetYou can find the additional streams on Youtube

AOC now warns that Cornel West 'risks' Trump victory, rather than looking inward at her own party's failings. Jordan Chariton is joined by Steve Grumbine to discuss this shameful rhetoric, as well as the New York Times continuing its Biden bootlicking and more. SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/statuscoup/support

We'll be speaking with Steve Grumbine of The Real Progressives about the Debt Ceiling and the not-so-good deal President Biden made with Speaker McCarthy. But first, we'll be speaking with leading members of SAG-AFTRA on the current status of the WGA Strike.   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL  ☀️ INSTAGRAM: @JENerationalChange  ☀️ FACEBOOK: @Jen Perelman   Streamed live on May 29, 2023.

We'll be speaking with friend of the show, Steve Grumbine of The Real Progressives, about the truth surrounding Social Security & much more. We'll also be speaking with Maebe A. Girl, running for U.S. Congress in CA-30 to replace the departing Adam Schiff!   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL  ☀️ INSTAGRAM: @JENerationalChange  ☀️ FACEBOOK: @Jen Perelman   Streamed live on Mar 6, 2023.

Steve Grumbine is back with a new Let's Get Ready to Grumble! This week he takes on libertarians, and the concept behind it. How its selfishness leads to people like Elon Musk having more power over people's lives than they do over it themselves. Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal both come out with embarrassing defenses of Biden's supposed economic recovery. Zeynab Day and Steve Grumbine break down just how gross this actually is, as well as giving a huge update on a Cop City Advisor resigning in response to the police killing of a protester. Zeynab Day: @ZeynabDay on Twitter | Substack: https://bullhornbulletin.substack.com/ | Bullhorn Bulletin on Youtube Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org Peter Hager: Jenerational Change on Youtube SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Richard Wolff and Briahna Joy Gray both came out talking about the Debt Ceiling and discussing its merits, all while ignoring the economic reality that has been explained to them through MMT. Steve Grumbine hosts again in this week's Let's Get Ready to Grumble. Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

If Macro N Cheese wasn't committed to spreading MMT to the activist community, we might have been a history podcast. Nothing excites Steve Grumbine as much as listening to 50 hours of lectures on the French Revolution or the Black Plague. This week's guest, Aaron Good, checks a lot of our boxes. What he brings to the table is history with a solid class analysis.Aaron is the author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. American exception should not be confused with American exceptionalism; think instead of the concept of laws applying to everyone EXCEPT one nation or one elite group.During World War II, the US oligarchy saw the opportunity to replace the western European colonial powers with a new empire. They planned and created institutions like the World Bank, the IMF, the CIA — all designed to launch and support this new era of US domination of global capitalism. Imperialism required its own strategy:“To do all of this, they need to have the capitalist world all marching to America's beat. And so the Cold War is more or less ginned up and anti-communism becomes the principle around which the US empire is organized. So it's an empire, but it's not an empire that says ‘we are an empire and we're going out to rule the world.'Instead, it is packaged as a defensive response to a terrible threat. And so communism is the perfect foil because you can basically castigate any left-wing idea that you don't like as being part of this global communist plot, whether domestically or around the world. And they use this to legitimate, really, an attack on the whole world and also on the US population.”Aaron and Steve go on to discuss more of the history of US hegemony, elite criminality, and anti-democratic forces. They look at ruling class manipulation of institutions like academia, politics, and media. They critique Scandinavia as an example of democratic socialism (or social democracy?) with capitalist rule and explore the complicated legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt.Aaron Good holds a doctorate in political science from Temple University. He is the author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, and host of the American Exception podcast. Support him on patreon.com/americanexception@Aaron_Good_ on Twitter

Zeynab Day and Steve Grumbine react to the recent Marianne Williamson interview Jordan Chariton conducted. From her thoughts on Ukraine, to if she is considering a Democratic Primary run. Also Biden plans to drop 15 million from Medicaid in his continued fight against the poor. And finally an update on Tyre Nichols, including more officers fired. Zeynab Day: @ZeynabDay on Twitter | Substack: https://bullhornbulletin.substack.com/ | The Bullhorn Bulletin on Youtube Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org Donate to help our Reporting at https://www.statuscoup.com/donate --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Senators Manchin and Sinema have reached a new low while dining with billionaires at Davos. Jordan Chariton (@JordanChariton on Twitter), Steve Grumbine, and Zeynab Day talk about this insanity, BlackRock crying about being 'demonized', and Sam Harris' dive off the deep end on his Pandemic takes. Zeynab Day: @ZeynabDay on Twitter | Substack: https://bullhornbulletin.substack.com/ | Bullhorn Bulletin on Youtube Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Is equality even possible? Steve Grumbine delves into this question on this week's Let's Get Ready to Grumble. The gap between the rich and poor is widening, and the differences that makes on a person's life and well-being is becoming more and more obvious. Can this problem be solved? Or is that even possible with our current system. Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

The real war is against the poor. Steve Grumbine explains the reality behind saying 'Austerity is Murder', why there is more to just punching up,and what to do with that information. Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress In Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Streamed live on Dec 26, 2022.   We'll be speaking with Steve Grumbine of The Real Progressives and The Macro & Cheese Podcast about the corporate-friendly spending bill as we close out 2022.   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL  ☀️ INSTAGRAM: @JENerationalChange  ☀️ FACEBOOK: @Jen Perelman

Steve Grumbine tackles the idea of a gold and silver standard, both pointing out how ridiculous such a system would be, and explaining how we don't use the system regardless. How Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) shows how cruel our government can be. Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress in Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Steve Grumbine is back with a new Let's Get Ready to Grumble! This week he tackles the myths of the Federal Reserve, and falsehoods about the function of the economy that get perpetuated by the likes of Bill Clinton, Nixon, and Reagan. Original Article by Steve Grumbine: https://realprogressives.org/2018-02-04-end-the-fedish-redirecting-our-anger-and-our-efforts-to-save-the-world/ Steve Grumbine: @sdgrumbine on Twitter | Real Progress In Action on Youtube | https://www.realprogressives.org SUPPORT Status Coup's ON-THE-GROUND and investigative reporting on the stories the corporate media COVERS UP: https://www.StatusCoup.com/Join --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

** Check out the transcript for this and every episode of Macro N Cheese on the Real Progressives website. This week's episode looks at using a recently developed economic model application developed by frequent Macro N Cheese guest, Steve Keen. The software is aptly named “Minsky” and Steve Grumbine's guest, Tyrone Keynes, is an experienced user of the Minsky software modelling tool. Tyrone is a consultant whose specialties are economics, health, and ecological modelling systems. Steve and Tyrone walk through the steps to develop processes that they both similarly follow to build a model. Tyrone then talks about his latest work using Minsky to build an unnamed U.S. State a model that will describe how to manage the state's retirement system to improve the disparities between low and high wage state workers. They discuss the prep work before running the model and validating results. Additionally, Tyrone describes examples of how Minsky has been used to validate MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) thinking and how the tool can be used in the future to help bring about consensus within the MMT community and acceptance in the economic community. Most Macro N Cheese episodes are unique, this one reveals how to focus the MMT lens with some tips on why other tools fail. Tyrone Keynes is a System Dynamicist, independent researcher, and professional consultant at BD Consulting, (https://www.bdconsulting.ca) showing how systems thinking can be applied to economics. He specializes in modeling economic, health, and ecological systems. He is also the main beta tester for the Minsky software and does most of the social media for it. @TyKeynes on Twitter

**Thank you to our listeners! Can you believe this is our 200th episode? Crazy, right? Well, it wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of a dedicated team. Our sound editor and engineer, Andy Kennedy, has spent thousands of hours (literally) producing these weekly gems. Then there's the diligent band of copy editors—Brad Sandler, Jonathan Kadmon, Jay Spencer, and yours truly, Virginia Cotts, (plus, in earlier days, Rose Ann Rabiola Miele and Rob Baxter)—who pore over every AI-generated transcript, correcting mistakes and fixing punctuation for clarity. Julie Alberding, the RP website's reigning eminence, created the layout. Each week she meticulously formats and posts the transcript, show notes, and extras. And let's not forget our inimitable host, Steve Grumbine, who invites us along on his personal quest for knowledge. The journey has resulted in some unforgettable interviews, invaluable content, and a few “aha!” moments.**It's fitting that our 200th episode is also Fadhel Kaboub's 10th. Fadhel is the non-economist's economist. You don't need a new language to learn from him. In this episode he revisits some familiar themes, expands upon them and draws conclusions that... well, they just make so much sense.He looks at global changes, post-2008, post-Covid, and post-Russia/Ukraine. To avoid future disruptions to the supply chain, the three major power blocs—the US and North America, the EU and western Europe, and China, with Russia and central Asia in the hub—are looking to repatriate strategic industries. They are consolidating their sovereignty in terms of food, energy, high-tech manufacturing, strategic industries, and geopolitical, geostrategic sovereignty within each region. That leaves the global South as the place all three blocs perceive as the source of cheap raw materials, the dumping-ground for surplus output, and the site for low-cost assembly line manufacturing.“So that's the world that is emerging. The question for me and for the global South in general, and for Africa as a continent in particular, how do we position ourselves on this new map? And I think I said it before to you on the show, Steve. If you don't have a long-term strategic vision for yourself, you're going to be part of somebody else's strategic vision.”Fadhel proceeds to describe the structural deficiencies that neocolonial nations must overcome and then lays out his vision for the solution.“And that's been one of the most important things that I'm trying to convey to global South activists, academics, public intellectuals, and people who have influence in government policy on the African continent, is formulating that coherent pan-African vision for economic sovereignty, food sovereignty, energy sovereignty, technological sovereignty, and then leveraging that coherent vision—on African terms—to partner with anybody, including China.”He talks about the IMF and its debt traps. He talks about the built-in roadblocks on the path to energy independence. He talks of the need for truth and reconciliation commissions and looks at what post-colonial reparations must include. If you made a diagram of this discussion, there would be arrows connecting each piece to all the others. Sounds dialectical, doesn't it?Dr. Fadhel Kaboub is an Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University and President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity.@FadhelKaboub on Twitter

“Austerity is the best weapon they have to try to convince. And if they can't convince, they can't coerce. So in my book, I say austerity plays with a double strategy: coercion and consensus.”Clara Mattei is the author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity & Paved the Way to Fascism, published this month. Steve Grumbine, who uses the Twitter display name “Austerity is murder,” was drawn to her position that austerity is not just bad economic theory prescribing bad economic policy. That is a simplistic framing that ultimately depoliticizes austerity.Many on the left tie the birth of austerity to the birth of neoliberalism – which some identify with Reagan/Thatcherism, while others say it goes back to Jimmy Carter and the 70s. Clara traces it back a full century, to the years immediately following the First World War, when capitalism was in crisis. It's no coincidence that WW1, the Bolshevik revolution and the dawn of fascism all occurred during this period. The post-war period was full of socialist stirrings in Europe and the US. Squashing them required a brutal economic response.US and British capitalists openly celebrated the defeat of labor at home and expressed admiration for Mussolini. The head of the Bank of England wrote to Jack Morgan (son of Pierpont), "Fascism has surely brought order out of chaos over the last few years. Something of the kind was no doubt needed if the pendulum was not to swing too far in quite the other direction.” The alliance of liberalism and fascism in its diverse forms should not be a surprise; they are achieving the same ends. To understand austerity, don't look to the form of government. Look to capitalism itself.We are reminded there are class antagonisms between countries as well as within. When the US exploits and plunders other nations, it is acting on behalf of the ruling class – the same ruling class that is exploiting American citizens and plundering our communities.Clara says, “If you look at austerity just as a tool to manage the economy, which is a typical stance that most Keynesians take, then you cannot really understand why austerity is so persistent and present and structural to our societies.” Austerity is required to enforce society's organization by class divisions, based on wage labor and exploitation. Destabilizing the economy in terms of economic growth is necessary to preserve the capital order.Clara E. Mattei is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department of The New School for Social Research and was a 2018-2019 member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Her research contributes to the history of capitalism, exploring the critical relation between economic ideas and technocratic policy making.@claraemattei on Twitter

Streamed live on Oct 5, 2022.   Odessa Kelly, candidate for U.S. Congress in TN-07, will join us to discuss the status of her campaign with one month to go! But first, we'll be joined by friend of the show, Steve Grumbine of Real Progressives, to discuss the blatant dishonesty of the Biden Administration regarding Student Debt Cancellation in the face of the GOP-led lawsuit.   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER: @JENChangeFL  ☀️ INSTAGRAM: @JENerationalChange  ☀️ FACEBOOK: @Jen Perelman

In this bombastic episode we go deep into MODERN MONETARY THEORY with Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives and Host of Macro and Cheese, exploring how money is made up, how it's used and misused, what taxes are actually for, debunking the murderous lies of WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT and digging into two very close but very different theories on this crazy thing we call MONEY and what to do about it.   This episode is a great, tough conversation that got heated, was full of laughs and heartfelt connections, showing that we can agree to disagree and still be comrades in the battle against the B#LLSHIT open air prison of capitalism.

Steve Grumbine is the founder of Real Progressives and the host of the podcast Macro N Cheese. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Steve went from being a lifelong conservative to a vocal supporter of Modern Monetary Theory. MMT is a relatively new economic framework that is best known by way of bestselling author Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth as well as her role as an advisor to the Bernie Sanders campaign. In our conversation we discuss why MMT is such a game-changer for our understanding of the role of government and how we structure society. In the episode, we power through a bunch of MMT concepts to get to some of the more salient material so watching this video of Steve outlining some of the basic ideas at length is highly recommended. If you've ever wondered why so many wealthy societies are so bad at taking care of their citizens, this conversation goes beyond diagnoses and into prescription and provides a real pathway forward that lets us move beyond barriers and into the realm of really making structural change.

Streamed live on Aug 31, 2022.   Steve Grumbine of Real Progressives and host of the Macro & Cheese podcast returns to discuss how Social Security is actually paid for and why the elites have been lying to us about it for generations.   We'll also be speaking with Adam Hattersley, Democratic nominee for Florida CFO!   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange  ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23

**A transcript is available for this and every episode of the podcast at https://realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese-podcast/ (realprogressives.org/macro-n-cheese-podcast/) where you will also find an Extras page with links to resources related to the episode.** In one of the most exciting pairings we've had on this podcast, Michael Hudson and Steve Keen join Steve Grumbine to talk about geopolitics, international production and trade, the climate crisis, and a bit of MMT. Grumbine begins by asking them to address Warren Mosler's position that imports are a benefit and exports are a cost. Keen and Hudson have a different take on this question, and we'll be interested to hear how our listeners respond. “Well, America is going to make a killing on oil exports because the United States controls the world oil trade. The US is also a major agricultural exporter, and it'll make a killing because NATO has imposed sanctions on Russia, preventing Russia from exporting oil and food. It's the largest grain exporter into the economy. So you're going to have South America, Africa, and the global South countries all of a sudden running big deficits.” (Hudson) In a previous interview, Steve Keen spoke of broken supply chains resulting from the COVID pandemic. Spreading production across the globe results in a fragile system, easily disrupted by war, famine, or other catastrophic events. From another angle, around 20% of our carbon production comes from the mechanics of shipping goods around the world. He also asks if imports are a benefit for nations without monetary sovereignty. Hudson is deft at painting a vivid picture of the current international political economy. US attempts to isolate Russia have backfired, evidenced by BRICS and the strengthening alliances among non-NATO nations. He describes a world being split into two different economic zones. “China doesn't have a financial oligarchy because it treats money and credit as a public utility through the Bank of China. And so the Bank of China, as we said, makes loans to actually develop the economy. And that's what Russia says it's going to begin doing, not to create a financial class to make money at the expense of the 99%. So we're dealing with a civilizational problem. And the question is, which form of civilization? Can you rescue Western civilization from the wrong track? Well, only by creating an alternative on the right track and leaving Western civilization and say, well, you're missing out on the development. Do you want to continue in poverty or are you going to have a revolution?” Keen and Hudson are two old friends, each with their own distinct but overlapping focus. Between them they bring colorful insights and information to the conversation. In this episode they touch on the American Constitution, the stranglehold of the FIRE sector, and the history of debt jubilees. They talk about the European Green Parties (spoiler alert: they are cheerleaders for neoliberalism). They contrast and compare the World Bank to the Bank of China, and their respective roles vis-à-vis humanity. They discuss de-development and possibilities for the future of the planet. Steve Keen is a Distinguished Research Fellow at UCL and the author of “Debunking Economics,” “Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?” and his latest “The New Economics: A Manifesto.” His main research interests are developing the complex systems approach to macroeconomics, and the economics of climate change. @ProfSteveKeen on Twitter Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He recently published “The Destiny of Civilization – Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism.” For access to his many books, articles, and interviews, go to michael-hudson.com

Streamed live on Jun 8, 2022.   Friends of the show, Harvey Kaye (21st Century Bill of Rights) & Steve Grumbine (MMT), join us to discuss how it is a policy choice to keep people economically anxious and how many of our societal problems is a direct result of it.   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange  ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23

On this edition of Parallax Views, former black metal journalist turned labor reporter "Grim" Kim Kelly joined me to discuss her new book Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor. We discuss the book, the role of women in the labor struggle from the beginning, how Kim got involved in labor organizing and unions, the neglected voices of labor history, and much, much more (including Kim's favorite black metal band). Then, in the second half, "The Rogue Scholar" Steve Grumbine, founder of Real Progressives and host of the Macro N Cheese podcast, joins me for a conversation about how he went from Reaganite boot-strap believer to believing in labor struggle after the Global Financial Crisis, explaining MMT, his thoughts on Chris Smalls and the Amazon Union Labor victory, and resisting the "doom pill". From the "About the Book" section for Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor on Simon & Schuster: A revelatory and inclusive history of the American labor movement, from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly. Freed Black women organizing for protection in the Reconstruction-era South. Jewish immigrant garment workers braving deadly conditions for a sliver of independence. Asian American fieldworkers rejecting government-sanctioned indentured servitude across the Pacific. Incarcerated workers advocating for basic human rights and fair wages. The queer Black labor leader who helped orchestrate America's civil rights movement. These are only some of the working-class heroes who propelled American labor's relentless push for fairness and equal protection under the law. The names and faces of countless silenced, misrepresented, or forgotten leaders have been erased by time as a privileged few decide which stories get cut from the final copy: those of women, people of color, LGBTQIA people, disabled people, sex workers, prisoners, and the poor. In this assiduously researched work of journalism, Teen Vogue columnist and independent labor reporter Kim Kelly excavates that history and shows how the rights the American worker has today—the forty-hour workweek, workplace-safety standards, restrictions on child labor, protection from harassment and discrimination on the job—were earned with literal blood, sweat, and tears. Fight Like Hell comes at a time of economic reckoning in America. From Amazon's warehouses to Starbucks cafes, Appalachian coal mines to the sex workers of Portland's Stripper Strike, interest in organized labor is at a fever pitch not seen since the early 1960s. Inspirational, intersectional, and full of crucial lessons from the past, Fight Like Hell shows what is possible when the working class demands the dignity it has always deserved.

Steve Grumbine of the Macro & Cheese podcast joins us to discuss President Biden's inaction through Executive Order, the PA Senate Race & Jared Kushner's quid pro quo to end all quid pro quo's.   Plus, we'll be speaking Jen's former BNC Slate Mate, Kimberly Graham, who is currently running to be State Attorney of Polk County, IA!   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange  ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23

On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Jamarl Thomas and Austin Pelli talk about Germany's Olaf Scholz getting slammed for appearing weak on shutting down gas pipelines, truckers in Canada refusing to back down to their PM, and if modern monetary theory could be the economy's saving grace.Guests:Peter Oliver - Correspondent for RT | Germany's Olaf Scholz Gets Dragged to WashingtonScottie Nell Hughes - Anchor for RT America | Truckers Refuse to Back Down to Trudeau's RhetoricSteve Grumbine - Social Justice Activist | Could Modern Monetary Theory Halt the Pandemic?In the first hour Peter Oliver joined the show to talk about Biden touting a shutdown of Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine, seemingly at the dismay of Germany's Olaf Scholz, who's now being portrayed as weak by German media. We also talked about the lack of infrastructure required to replace the energy that Russia provides and if Germany would be shooting themselves in the foot by shutting down the pipeline.In the second hour Fault Lines was joined by Scottie Nell Hughes for a discussion on the Freedom Convoy and how Justin Trudeau's repeated accusations of racism and violence at the protests isn't working. We also talked about Biden taking $30 million from COVID funds to give money to safe injection sites that give out free crack pipes among other drug paraphernalia. In the third hour Steve Grumbine joined the conversation to talk about what modern monetary theory is and how long an economy can survive where the government prints money on demand and relies on workers to produce goods and services.

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**Have you seen the Rogue Scholar, Steve Grumbine's new brown bag lunch show on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at noon EST? For interviews, commentary, and, of course, MMT, go to Real Progress in Action on YouTube. Newcomers to MMT tend to draw a blank when they are told that taxes drive the currency or taxes created the first unemployed person. After all, none of that seems to track with the way they personally experience taxes. Warren Mosler makes sense of it by starting with the money story, using the example of colonial currency. The British wanted workers on African coffee plantations, but people were not clamoring to be hired. So, they created a coin or scrip and levied a hut tax payable in the new currency. The public purpose behind what the British were doing was to grow coffee. They levied a tax. They put a tax liability on everyone's house. That caused lots of people to be looking for work or look for some way to earn scrip so they could pay the tax so their house wouldn't be burned down ... It's just a tax liability. Nobody has any yet. Those are called unemployed. And so, the hut tax created unemployment. Some of the scrip was used to pay taxes and the rest became the money supply in the local economy. The British did not collect taxes to accrue currency for payroll, just as the US did not need to collect taxes (or borrow dollars from China) in order to distribute COVID stimulus checks. By getting the sequence all wrong, mainstream economic models cannot arrive at correct solutions. It leads to hyperbolic predictions of the US becoming like Greece (Venezuela? Zimbabwe? The Weimar Republic?), appealing to the IMF on bended knee. This week's Macro N Cheese is the recording of Warren Mosler's January 5th presentation to members of the US Green Party, hosted by Real Progressives. The episode includes excerpts from the Q&A following his talk. He explains why a sovereign currency is a public monopoly, discusses the policy implications of the money sequence, debunks misconceptions about the Federal Reserve, and defines the “national debt.” The full two-hour session is available at Real Progress in Action on YouTube. Warren Mosler is an American economist and theorist, and one of the leading voices in the field of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Presently, Warren resides on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, where he owns and operates Valance Co., Inc. He is the author of “The Seven Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy” and “Soft Currency Economics,” which are available on his website. moslereconomics.com @wbmosleron Twitter # MMT #inflation #Fed #debt #deficit #Treasury #China #trade #currency #money Support this podcast

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Macro N Cheese devotes considerable attention to ecological economics and environmental justice. We're always working to expand our understanding of both. Dr. Hail connects the dots between environmental sustainability and the broader public purpose. It's a focus of his new podcast,https://modernmoneylab.org.au/events/podcast/ ( “Modern Money Doughnut”.) But that's done best of all in Kate's book, when she talks about the doughnut, when she talks about moving away from growthism, from pursuing the growth of GDP as though that is an end in itself, and towards identifying those things which ought to be true of a successful society that provides everybody with the best possible chance of living a secure and safe and rewarding, engaged, empowered life while living within those planetary boundaries. By expanding our scope, the problems appear more complex and vast but, paradoxically, everything starts to make more sense. The goal cannot be just to clean up the planet. If we want to sustain and prolong life on this planet, shouldn't it be a life worth living, free of exploitation and inequality? Isn't it kind of like trying to solve healthcare without addressing health? Steven Hail, along with others such as our recent guest Phil Lawn, has been working to bring MMT to ecological economists. At one point there was a danger of people seeing MMT as just a more efficient way of growing the economy faster. Steve Grumbine first heard the term “degrowth” from Steven Hail at the 2018 MMT conference in New York City. Hail says at the time he wasn't necessarily talking about decreasing the GDP, but about living within our planetary boundaries. Or to put it another way, to a situation in the future where we are obeying Herman Daly's three principles of sustainability, not emitting waste like carbon dioxide more rapidly than the environment can safely absorb it, not using up renewables like fish in the sea faster than our environment can renew those resources. And not using non renewables like lithium that you're digging out from under the ground at a rate which is faster than you can develop renewable alternatives for them. When it comes to the need to reduce the GDP, Hail says he's agnostic. Clearly, only a tiny minority benefit from its growth. Grumbine brings up the inadequacies of the GDP as a measure of those things or activities we value. Cleaning up an oil spill increases the GDP. Hail says “We don't value a forest in GDP until we cut it down” and goes on to talk about the history of the GDP and our worship of it. They also discuss alternative measures like the Genuine Progress Indicator and the dashboard approach Jason Hickel spoke of in a recent Macro N Cheese episode. We saw a decrease in carbon emissions in 2020 (thanks, COVID!) but now we're approaching the global peak again – about seven times as high as in 1950. Hail says we've been talking about carbon emissions for 30 years and at this point it's not enough to get them to fall, we need to get them down to zero. We're not cutting them at all at the moment. And the message of lots of people, the Mark Diesendorfs of this world, even the Kate Raworths of this world, is that we have the technology so that we could do this. Can we do it within capitalism? Jason Hickel would say no. I think probably Bill Mitchell would say no. Hail is known to be optimistic. His message of hope is that we have the science and resources to live within biophysical boundaries while meeting the needs of the people. How will we make that happen? He admits he may soon find himself in the streets with Extinction Rebellion. Steven Hail is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Torrens University, having previously been a Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide. He is the author of https://bookshop.org/books/economics-for-sustainable-prosperity/9783030081485 (Economics for Sustainable Prosperity.) Find the Modern Money Doughnut podcast and Dr.... Support this podcast

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Michelle opens with the Supreme Court yesterday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine or testing mandate for large employers. Michelle mentions an NPR's interview with a business owner who was relieved that the mandate was struck down, not because he didn't believe in vaccines, but because so many businesses are still in chaos over all the other pandemic fallout. John shares with listeners an article from Yahoo News about the CIA training Ukrainian paramilitary. Then, Aaron Good, political scientist and host of the American Exception podcast on Patreon. His doctoral dissertation is going to published by Skyhorse in April under the title 'American Exception: Empire and the Deep State' joins the Misfits. Aaron explains Newsom's decision not to release Sirhan Sirhan, alleged assassin of Robert Kennedy Jr. Good points out that the autopsy, witness accounts and a second shooter clears Sirhan yet Establishment Democrats have long been opposed to Sirhan's release. Next, John and Michelle are joined by Eugene Craig, Republican strategist and former vice-chair of the Maryland Republican Party they delve into likely contenders for the 2022 midterms and 2024 run for president. No Trump 2.0 in 2024 Trump would prefer a role such as, Speaker of the House instead. No long campaign because you do not need to be a member of congress to be Speaker. Not likely because some Republicans will be opposed and certainly all Democrats.Mitch McConnell remains important to Republicans as an effective leader while Kevin McCarthy is a shell of leadership abilities. Former governor of Maryland Larry Hogan, a moderate Republican, not likely to run for president. Hogan does not want to risk a loosing campaign running for POTUS yet he's likely to run for Senate. Steve Grumbine, Founder and CEO of the nonprofits Real Progressives and Real Progress in Action. He's host of the podcast Macro n Cheese. He's also a leading activist and evangelist for Modern Monetary Theory. Talks with the Misfits about what's behind the story of spiking inflection. The severity of the surge will wane once supply chains catch up. Opportunistic monopolies are exploiting the pandemic and raising prices. Last, the misfits look ahead to all that Prince Andrew, formally known as the Duke of York, has to look forward to.

Jordan Chariton of Status Coup & Steve Grumbine of The Real Progressives join us to discuss the state of the 4th Estate and what we can do to combat Big Tech's suppressive algorithm!   We'll also be speaking with Nabliah Islam, candidate for State Senate District 7 in Georgia!   Check out our Patreon for more! ☀️ patreon.com/JENerationalChange  __  ☀️ WEBSITE: jenerationalchange.com ☀️ TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @JENFL23 ☀️ PATREON: patreon.com/JENerationalChange

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Steve Grumbine, Patrick Lovell, and Eric Vaughan join Paul Jay in a spirited discussion from Paul's decades long insight that reveals the game of deception played by the powerful. What does he think? For one thing, he believes by 2007-2008 the power of finance got so big we might be past the point of no return, yet Jay applauds all efforts by those who work to curb the huge financial powers, and there is a convergence of the financial sector with organized crime.

Bruce Jacobs, a veteran prosecutor and defense attorney in Miami, joins Patrick Lovell, Steve Grumbine and Eric Vaughan for a discussion beginning with the concept of integrity.

Steve Grumbine joins the crew to discuss MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) its implications and overall economics. Steve is a founder of RealProgressives.org and the YouTube channel Real Progressives in action. Prepare your mind to be blownSabrina does a top 10 of strange wedding customsBenjamin talks about a Giant rubber duckand Brent Lee talks about Coach Dave thinking BLM gets way too much money and Christians are the real victims

In this episode, co-hosts Patrick Lovell, Steve Grumbine and Eric Vaughan talk with Terrie Crowley, who fought her illegal foreclosure in the courts of Chicago for 12 years through 11 judges on her own against the legal fire power of one of the largest financial firms in the world. Enter Nicholas Kostopoulos, a former DOJ Prosecutor out of Miami who soon learned mortgage fraud wasn't much different than the cocaine drug cases he was prosecuting in the 1980s.

Steve Grumbine, Patrick Lovell, and Eric Vaughan are joined in this episode by attorneys Thomas Cox and Max Gardner who are legal professionals and experts in real estate and foreclosure law making them invaluable “whistle-blowers” in the legal profession and judiciary as they expose the criminal rot within the system.

Doug Boggs and Paris Dube join Steve Grumbine and Patrick Lovell to discuss their personal victimization engineered by liars and thieves. “It's the same, old story,” Boggs says. Banks tell people who are current in their mortgage payments, “We can't do anything until you stop making your payments for three months!” This is part of the scheme. The big lie. Then more lies. People trust banks and the court system, but when both are perpetrating financial terrorism, no one is safe.

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