"A pebble and a boulder are both rocks, but they're not the same thing. Markets in China don't make it capitalist." Ashwin Shantha on China's state-led green revolution and socialist planning: realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
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Voices of Political Economy and Struggle ft. Steve Grumbine and @williameconomist.bsky.social. Join us for the YouTube premiere of our latest Macro N Cheese ep. tonight @ 7 pm ET! #LearnMMT #PoliticalEconomy #ClassStruggle
Who are some of our Macro N Cheese guests who helped you better understand MMT and/or political economy? Join us Tues. 7/28 @ 8 pm ET to listen to and discuss our latest ep ft. @williameconomist.bsky.social. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #LearnMMT #PoliticalEconomy #ClassStruggle
williameconomist.bsky.social was listening to fadhelkaboub.bsky.social about colonialism in Africa and wondered if it applied to Scotland Link to full Macro N Cheese ep in comment below 👇 #colonialism #Africa #Scotland
NEW EP!! 🎙️ Steve talks with fellow podcast host William Thomson about favorite guests, moving beyond MMT technicalities into Marxist analysis, the Gilens/Page oligarchy study, and why electoral politics is largely placebo. realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
Fiscal austerity. Monetary austerity. Industrial #austerity 😡 Economists weaponized all 3 to save #capitalism post-1917. It's not accidental. It's class war. #MMT reveals monetary capacity for something better. New ep ft williameconomist.bsky.social Sat 7/25 @ 8 am ET. All our ep in link 👇
Colonialism, currency & Global South – Steve & williameconomist.bsky.social rank their top guests, incl. fadhelkaboub.bsky.social, @billmitchell.org & Clara Mattei. An MMT-informed, class-conscious crossover podcast ep. #learnMMT New Macro N Cheese ep Sat 7/25 @ 8 am ET. All our eps in link 👇
"When the federal govt spends, it authorizes payments that result in bank accts being credited. New state 💰 enters the economy. When federal taxes are paid, 💰 is removed from pvt. accts & extinguished as pt. of the settlement process. Spending adds $s to the nongovt sector; taxation subtracts them."
How do socialists successfully walk the line b/t ultraleftism & opportunism per Lenin? Chill Tues. 7/21 @ 8 pm ET. Listen to & discuss the 2nd half of our ep. w/ Breht O'Shea of Rev Left Radio and Red Menace podcast who will be joining us. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Lenin #History
Colonial tax credits financed local development and became the democratic lifeblood of the early American economy 💰 The debate wasn't borrowing vs lending - it was creation vs destruction. Link to full throwback ep ft rohangrey.bsky.social in comment 👇 #TaxCredits #democratic #economy
Money is not a commodity. It is a legal relationship that reflects the organization of society itself. ⏳This week we're directing our listeners to an episode from the Macro N Cheese archives: a foundational conversation with @rohangrey.bsky.social from the first year of the podcast.