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Steven D. Grumbine

The Unseen Labor of Liberation

The Unseen Labor of Liberation

August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

The real story of social change isn’t found in the explosive moments that make history books, but in the countless ordinary hours that make those moments possible.

Categories Op Ed Tags Class War, Mutual Aid, Organizing, Revolution
Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

Trumpism as the American Thatcherism

August 12, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Some call it Trumpism, a shorthand for this moment, just as Thatcherism and Reaganism personified the neoliberal onslaught of the 80s. But this isn’t just about one man. It never is.

Categories Democracy, Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Revolution
How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

How the Elites Weaponize the Economic Illiteracy of the Working Class

August 17, 2025August 3, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Either we tear down the monetary veil and seize our collective future, or we perish under the weight of capitalist lies.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Capitalism, Class War, Climate, Working Class
A (belated) Look at Finding the Money

A (belated) Look at Finding the Money

July 13, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

The documentary is a good first step, like a union organizer’s introductory pamphlet. But it’s only telling half the story.

Categories Economic Justice, Film Review, Op Ed Tags Austerity, Class War, Inflation
Inflation as a Weapon of Class Power: A Modern Monetary and Marxist-Leninist Perspective

Inflation as a Weapon of Class Power: A Modern Monetary and Marxist-Leninist Perspective 

June 21, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

Inflation is not some natural economic phenomenon, nor is it merely the result of too much money chasing too few goods. That’s the myth popularized by Milton Friedman and his monetarist acolytes.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Austerity, Inflation
Modern Monetary Theory Without Class Struggle is Just Accounting

Modern Monetary Theory Without Class Struggle is Just Accounting

June 11, 2025 by Steven D. Grumbine

MMT insights become revolutionary only when wielded by movements strong enough to break capital’s structural power.

Categories Economic Justice, Op Ed Tags Class War, Federal Job Guarantee, Working Class
Taxes Don't Fund Spending

Taxes Don’t Fund Federal Spending

November 24, 2024February 26, 2023 by Steven D. Grumbine

Our federal government doesn’t need revenue. So why the chatter about how will the government get money to fund its operations?

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, MMT, Taxation
The Illusion of Upward Mobility

The Illusion of Upward Mobility

October 27, 2024November 15, 2022 by Steven D. Grumbine

There is no real entrée into the world of the elite, but you won’t know it until you arrive, exhausted, at the locked door, chased by all the angry working people who think you’ve found the key.

Categories Economic Justice, Equality with Justice, Health & Wellbeing Tags Class War
Where to Start Learning About MMT

Where to Start Learning About MMT

October 21, 2024March 22, 2022 by Steven D. Grumbine

Have you recently discovered MMT or Modern Monetary Theory and want to learn more but aren’t sure where to start? Well, start at the beginning, of course!

Categories Economic Justice Tags Banking, Federal Job Guarantee, MMT
Back To MMT Basics

Back to [MMT] Basics

November 24, 2024August 2, 2021 by Steven D. Grumbine

From the definition of a dollar as a unit of measure all the way to what The Fed is and how public policy can be informed – Grumbine runs the gamut on MMT basics.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Federal Job Guarantee, Federal Reserve, MMT, Taxation, UBI
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