Macro n Cheese
Macroeconomics has never been so … delish! Macro and Cheese explores the progressive movement through the lens of Modern Monetary Theory, with hot and irreverent political takes, spotlights in activism, and the razor sharp musings of Real Progressives Founder and host, Steve Grumbine. The cheese will flow as experts come in for a full, four course deep dive into the hot queso. Comfort Food for Thought!

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Episode 108 - Knowledge is Power with Rev. Delman Coates
Episode 107 - We Are Losing the Media War with Jordan Chariton
Episode 106 - Reform or Revolution with Danny Haiphong
Episode 105 - The Case for Scottish Independence with Kairin Van Sweeden
Episode 104 - Focus on the Family with June Carbone
Episode 103 - Anatomy of a Job Guarantee with Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 102 - The Global Scourge of Neoliberalism with Patricia Pino
Episode 101 - Beat Back Better: Organizing in 2021 with Emma Caterine
Episode 100 - Flying with Sara Nelson
Episode 99 - A Modern Debt Jubilee with Steve Keen
Episode 98 - Imminent Collapse with L. Randall Wray
Episode 97 - Solidarity with Joe Burns
Episode 96 - Treasury's Gift To The Fed with Robert Hockett
Episode 95 - The Land Value Tax with Joshua Vincent and Rich Nymoen
Episode 94 - Political Sobriety with Rohan Grey
Episode 93 - The Public Banking Act with Rohan Grey
Episode 92 - Propaganda and the Vortex of Centrism with Esha Krishnaswamy
Episode 91 - Crisis Management with Warren Mosler
Episode 90 - The MMT Sequence with Warren Mosler
Episode 89 - Juxtapositions with Bill Mitchell
Episode 88 - Debt Deflation and the Neofeudal Empire with Michael Hudson
Episode 87 - A Just Transition Through Participatory Governance with Cindy Banyai
Episode 86 - 2020 with Margaret Kimberley
Episode 85 - Shadow Banking with Robert Hockett
Episode 84 - African Sovereignty and a Global Green New Deal with Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 83 - Mutual Credit and the War on Cash with Brett Scott
Episode 82 – A Lesson in Systemic Racism with Camille Walsh
Episode 81 – The World of Angrynomics with Mark Blyth
Episode 80 – UNI’s for All with Ben Wilson and Scott Ferguson
Episode 79 – Electing to Speak Out: Democracy Unchained with Senate Candidate Richard Dien Winfield
Episode 78 – Paying Ourselves to Save the Planet: An MMT Story with J.D. Alt
Episode 77 – Banking Surveillance & Racial Taxation with Raúl Carrillo
Episode 76 – An Activist’s Quest for Aboriginal Inclusion with Jengis Osman
Episode 75 – Navigating the Coming Great Depression with John Harvey
Episode 74 – Counterpoint: MMT’s Evaluation of AMI’s Positive Money with L. Randall Wray
Episode 73 – Rights, Justice, Equality And All Things Funky with Irami Osei-Frimpong
Episode 72 – Nationalizing Payroll and The Right to a Job With Pavlina Tcherneva
Episode 71 – Labor Pains with Tschaff Reisberg
Episode 70 – Revolution H’20: A Discussion with Green Party Presidential Candidate Howie Hawkins
Episode 69 – A Legal Framework For a Digital Future with Rohan Grey
Episode 68 – Reframing Marx Through Modern Monetary Theory with Nathan Tankus
Episode 67 – A Universal Basic Income vs A Job Guarantee with Claire Connelly
Episode 66 – The Con with Bill Black, Patrick Lovell and Eric Vaughan
Episode 65 – Afterberner: The Progressive Path Forward with Jamarl Thomas
Episode 64 – Supply Chains and Pandemics with Steve Keen
Episode 63 – Revolutions and Reconciliations: The Bernie Sanders Movement with Ryan Grim
Episode 62 – Ground Zero with Lauren Ashcraft
Episode 61 – HBCU’s, Codeswitching and MMT with Matthew Robinson
Episode 60 – COVID-19 with Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 59 – The Black Vote and The Bernie Sanders Movement with Glenn Ford
Episode 58 – Radical Honesty in the Age of Deceit with Warren Mosler
Episode 57 – OK, Boomer. Great Again Isn’t Good Enough with L. Randall Wray
Episode 56 – A Road Less Travelled and the Media with Alexandra Scaggs
Episode 55 – The Economics of Martin Luther King Jr. with Mathew Forstater
Episode 54- Empire with Ajamu Baraka
Episode 53 – Colored Property: A History of Redlining with David Freund
Episode 52 – Sanders v. Warren and the Overton Window with Robert Hockett
Episode 51 – Event Horizon: A Climate In Crisis with Steve Keen
Episode 50 – The Paradox of Enlightenment with Lua Kamál Yuille
Episode 49 – How to Lose an Election in 60 Days with Patricia Pino
Episode 48 – Reclaiming The Brexit with Bill Mitchell
Episode 47 – 1000 Castaways: An MMT Journey with Clint Ballinger
Episode 46 – Austerity and the Consumer Debt Trap with Emma Caterine
Episode 45 – Race For Profit with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Episode 44 – The Green New Deal: Non-Fiscal “Pay-Fors” and Balance of Payments with Nathan Tankus
Episode 43 – The Green New Deal: Public Banking and Non-Fiscal “Pay-Fors” with Nathan Tankus
Episode 42 – Repo Mania: Has The Fed Bailed Out Wall Street Again? with Nathan Tankus
Episode 41 – Demand Congress Serve the People with Brad Voracek
Episode 40 – The Spectrum of Monetary Sovereignty in Developing Nations with Ndongo Samba Sylla and Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 39 – Trade, Foreign Exchange and Modern Monetary Theory: A Field Guide with Bill Mitchell
Episode 38 – Exposed! A Serial Whistleblower’s Story with Bill Black
Episode 37 – Organizing, Democracy, and Modern Monetary Theory with Mitch Green
Episode 36 – The Role of Taxation in MMT with L. Randall Wray
Episode 35 – A Green New Tomorrow: A Survival Guide with Rohan Grey
Episode 34 – The Legal Nature of Money and the History of the Federal Reserve with Rohan Grey
Episode 33 – Sustainability in a Modern Money Economy with Steven Hail & Phil Lawn
Episode 32 – Politics, Public Banking, and the Green New Deal with Andrés Bernal
Episode 31 – MMT Basics with Eric Tymoigne
Episode 30 – Framing the Message For Economic Justice with John Harvey
Episode 29 – The Emergence of FinTech and the War on Cash with Brett Scott
Episode 28 – Overcoming the Orthodoxy with Scott Fullwiler
Episode 27 – Wage Stagnation, Inflation and the New Normal with Mark Blyth
Episode 26 – Genuine Hope: Completing the Roosevelt Revolution with Pavlina Tcherneva
Episode 25 – Propaganda, Revelations, & Prosperity: The End of Neoliberalism with Scott Ferguson
Episide 24 – Reclaiming Europe: A Story of Monetary Sovereignty with Thomas Fazi
Episode 23 – The Progressive Gambit and Labour in the Balance with Robert Hockett
Episode 22 – Climate Refugees and the Economic Solution to Xenophobia With Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 21 – The History of MMT with Mathew Forstater
Episode 20 – Our Money: From the Pulpit to the Street with Rev. Delman Coates
Episode 19 – The Compelling Case for Rent Control with Nathan Tankus
Episode 18 – The Job Guarantee is Core MMT with Ellis Winningham
Episode 17 – Leveling the Playing Field. Reparations & Baby Bonds with Darrick Hamilton
Episode 16 – Bond Markets in a Modern Money Economy with Brian Romanchuk
Episode 15 – MMT Theory of Exchange Rate with Ivan Invernizzi
Episode 14 – Breaking The Chains of Oppression with Prof. Sandy Darity
Episode 13 – Public Money & The Right to a Job with Raul Carrillo
Episode 12 – Debunking Economic Illiteracy in the Progressive Movement with L. Randall Wray
Episode 11 – An Overripe Economy with Alan Nasser
Episode 10 – Game Theory with Warren Mosler
Episode 9 – The State of MMT Activism Around the World with Christian Reilly
Episode 8 – Across the Pond MMT in the UK with Patricia Pino
Episode 7 – The World of MMT with Professors Stephanie Kelton & Bill Mitchell
Episode 6 – 12 Years with Dr. Steven Hail
Episode 5 Environmental Justice, Sustainability and Full Employment with Fadhel Kaboub
Episode 4 – Neoliberalism with Ellis Winningham
Episode 3 – Metabolic Optimism with Professor Robert Hockett
Episode 2 – Pavlina Tcherneva on MMT, Feminism, Intersectionality & Momentum
Episode 1 – Putting the T in MMT with Professor Bill Mitchell