Macro N Cheese
Episodes
Ep 79 - Electing to Speak Out: Democracy Unchained with Senate Candidate Richard Dien Winfield
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Richard Dien Winfield, a rare candidate for national office who is running on the Federal Job Guarantee and Medicare for All. It’...
Paying Ourselves to Save the Planet: An MMT Story with J.D. Alt
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
J.D. ALT is an architect who has spent much of his career researching, inventing, and visualizing things that he hoped might improve the quality-of-li...
Ep 77 - Banking Surveillance & Racial Taxation with Raúl Carrillo
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion of racial taxation and private digital currency may seem like two disparate subjects. Raúl Carrillo’s genius is his ability to explain...
Ep 76 - An Activist's Quest for Aboriginal Inclusion with Jengis Osman
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Jengis Osman, an activist and labor organizer who was led to Modern Monetary Theory through his life experiences and those of his family ...
Navigating the Coming Great Depression with John Harvey
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome back our favorite Cowboy Economist, who immediately tells us what a great job Real Progressives and Macro & Cheese are doing. Sma...
Ep 74 - Counterpoint: MMT’s Evaluation of AMI's Positive Money with L. Randall Wray
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An alternate title for this episode could be “Back to Basics.” It reminds us why Randall Wray’s MMT Primer continues to be a definitive resource...
Rights, Justice, Equality And All Things Funky with Irami Osei-Frimpong
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If any of our listeners aren’t following The Funky Academic on his website, YouTube, or Twitter, this episode will change all that. Macro n Cheese u...
Nationalizing Payroll and The Right to a Job with Pavlina Tcherneva
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus epidemic has brought about an unprecedented level of unemployment and destitution in the US. Without significant structural change, it...
Labor Pains with Tschaff Reisberg
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tschaff Reisberg is not only an early proponent of MMT, but is also a union representative with extensive experience in real-world struggles between w...
Revolution H'20: A Discussion with Green Party Presidential Candidate Howie Hawkins
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Howie Hawkins is the Green Party’s candidate in the US presidential race. He joins Steve to discuss not only his platform, but the role of third par...
Ep 69 - A Legal Framework For a Digital Future with Rohan Grey
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In March, Rohan Grey was the guest speaker on a Real Progressives National Outreach Call. He talked about his forthcoming book, Digitizing the Dollar:...
Reframing Marx Through Modern Monetary Theory with Nathan Tankus
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MMT seems like a natural fit for Marxists so why has there been some resistance to it? MMT explains the monetary system. Period. If we build a post-ca...
Ep 67 - A Universal Basic Income vs A Job Guarantee with Claire Connelly
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re bringing back a conversation Steve had with journalist and researcher Claire Connelly in 2017, which explores all the best arguments...
The Con with Bill Black, Patrick Lovell and Eric Vaughan
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
April was the 33rd anniversary of the Keating 5 Savings & Loan scandal, so we brought back our favorite former bank-regulator, Bill Black, to talk abo...
Ep 65 - Afterberner: The Progressive Path Forward with Jamarl Thomas
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The progressive movement is still coming to terms with the suspension of Bernie Sanders’ campaign and his endorsement of Joe Biden. We decided to ch...
Supply Chains and Pandemics with Steve Keen
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you missed our recent episode with Professor Steve Keen, you’ll want to go back and listen to it soon. In January he spoke of the inevitability o...
Revolutions and Reconciliations: The Bernie Sanders Movement with Ryan Grim
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As The Intercept’s DC Bureau Chief, Ryan Grim is well-positioned to assess the American political scene. This interview took place a few days before...
Ground Zero with Lauren Ashcraft
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest is a bit of a departure for us. We don’t usually interview political candidates but Lauren Ashcraft is a stand-up comedian, a De...
HBCU's, Codeswitching and MMT with Matthew Robinson
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it seems like economists forget that economics is a social science which is why we’re excited to bring the new generation of MMT to Macro ...
Ep 60 - COVID-19 with Fadhel Kaboub
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When asked to talk about public health needs during the current coronavirus pandemic, Fadhel Kaboub immediately brings up climate change and expands t...
The Black Vote and The Bernie Sanders Movement with Glen Ford
14 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recent presidential primary results have been disappointing for supporters of Bernie Sanders. The corporate media and mainstream pundits say that Bern...
Radical Honesty in the Age of Deceit with Warren Mosler
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is the OG of MMT. Listeners always appreciate Warren Mosler’s ability to slice through to the clear and practical fiscal implication of an...
OK, Boomer. Great Again Isn't Good Enough with L. Randall Wray
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s always a treat to welcome L. Randall Wray, one of our favorite economists and guests, to Macro n Cheese. This episode is an added treat because...
Ep 56 - A Road Less Travelled and the Media with Alexandra Scaggs
22 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest, Alexandra Scaggs, is a senior writer at Barron’s, where she covers markets and fixed income. The episode begins as an interview about fin...