Episode 390 – China’s Green Development is Both Anti-Imperialist & Socialist with Ashwin Shantha 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 #𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 👇

𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 "𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆" 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. Ashwin Shantha cuts through the illusion. Climate collapse will force us to rebuild social fabric. That's when we #organize Link to full podcast ep in comment below 👇 #climate #organize #MacroNCheese

We have the machinery, the materials, and the manpower to house every person, heal every sickness, and save this planet. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀. #AusterityIsAWeapon #ThereIsNoMoney #ClassWarfare #ScarcityForTheeNotForMe

The Truth About "Printing Money"

The ruling class does not require every worker to understand banking operations. It only requires workers to believe that their suffering is financially unavoidable.

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New! Episode 390 – China’s Green Development is Both Anti-Imperialist & Socialist with Ashwin Shantha Link to our #FREE Substack and RP website in comments. 👇

China's green transition isn't just climate policy. It's energy sovereignty. Every solar panel and EV battery built domestically is one less lever Western imperialism can use to strangle development. Link to full ep ft Ashwin Shantha in comment below👇 #climate #energy #imperialism

How is China's centrally planned approach superior to that of the Global North in addressing the climate crisis? Join us Tues. 8/4 @ 8 pm ET for Macro N Chill to listen to & discuss our latest Macro N Cheese ep. ft. Ashwin Shantha. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #China #ClimateCrisis

"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-...

Episode 390 - China's Green Development is Both Anti-Imperialist & Socialist with Ashwin Shantha

China's green industrial transformation shows that ecological development, anti-imperialism, and socialism can advance together under a state that governs capital rather than serving it. Ashwin Shanth...

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Why hasn't the Global South achieved energy sovereignty? Capitalists there want to integrate into imperialism and sell out their people. China disciplines capital. That's the difference. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗽 𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 @ 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟴/𝟭 @ 𝟴 𝗮𝗺 𝗘𝗧. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸👇 #GlobalSouth #China #imperialism

Ashwin Shantha (International Solidarity Podcast) on China and its green industrial revolution, its socialist market economy, energy/tech sovereignty & the anti-imperialist implications of its development model. New ep Sat 8/1 @ 8 am ET. All our eps in link 👇 #China #socialism #sovereignty

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

Voices of Political Economy & Struggle with William Thomson

This week we’re releasing an episode from Scotland‘s Political Economy podcast. Host William Thomson invited Steve to join him to compare and reflect on thei...

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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

Episode 389 – Voices of Political Economy & Struggle with William Thomson. New episode link to our FREE #Substack in comments below. 👇

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-...

Episode 389 - Voices of Political Economy & Struggle with William Thomson

A special crossover episode where Scotland Political Economy's host William Thomson and Steve Grumbine reflect on their favorite interviews, intellectual evolutions, and shared journey from MMT mechan...

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#Inflation is a fever of a sick system; one where private monopolies control resources & refuse to invest in human need. The ruling class blames the state's currency to distract from the real culprit: capitalist scarcity amidst potential abundance. Austerity is their death rattle against #socialism

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."

The Truth About "Printing Money"

The ruling class does not require every worker to understand banking operations. It only requires workers to believe that their suffering is financially unavoidable.

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Breht O'Shea (Rev Left Radio & Red Menace podcast) reminds us this moment, disorienting as it is, gives us the opportunity to contribute what we can to the liberation of our species from the brutal cage of capitalism. 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘵 𝘖’𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘷 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘰 & 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 👇

Breht O'Shea breaks it down: dock workers, truckers, organized labor at the right choke points would bring down the economy. That's the language capital understands. Link to webinar ft Breht O’Shea of Rev Left Radio and Red Menace podcast in comment👇 #capitalism #labor

#Marxism & #MMT... better than peanut butter and jelly. Which is why you will only find Real Progressives at the intersection of #classanalysis and #economic literacy.

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟯𝟰 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 with Rohan Grey 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘙𝘌𝘌 #𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 👇

Episode 34 - The Legal Nature of Money and the History of the Federal Reserve with Rohan Grey Link to new episode on our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇

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.

Episode 34 - The Legal Nature of Money and the History of the Federal Reserve with Rohan Grey

Rohan Grey takes us from the origins of the US dollar through the history of American banking. In the process we get a fascinating look at the class struggle that led to the development of the Fed and...

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Article 1, Section 10 was the real prize: take monetary power from states before giving it to the federal government. rohangrey.bsky.social explains the history and class war built into the Constitution Look for ep link Sat 7/18 @ 8 am ET. #history #ClassWar #Constitution #LearnMMT

Throwback ep ft rohangrey.bsky.social – vital info for economic literacy. This week we're sending you into our archives to shore up your knowledge of the basics: the history of money and banking in the US. Look for link Sat 7/18 @ 8 am ET. #LearnMMT #MacroNCheese

Episode 388 – From Theory to Praxis: Lenin’s Revolutionary Formula with Breht O’Shea Link to new episode on our FREE #Substack in comments below 👇

We could see 40% unemployment and the world's first trillionaire at the same time. That's capitalist logic. Link to webinar ft Breht O’Shea of Rev Left Radio and Red Menace podcast in comment below 👇 #unemployment #capitalist