Owen Bennett
Macro N Cheese
Ep 367 - MMT & Marxism: Finding Common Ground with Owen Bennett
- Published
- February 14, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 5m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 23, 2026
Discusses Can Marxists and MMTers find common ground, or are they doomed to be strategic enemies?Steve’s guest…
Summary
Can Marxists and MMTers find common ground, or are they doomed to be strategic enemies?Steve’s guest is Australian labor historian and organizer Owen Bennett, who founded the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union in 2015, and more recently, Unionists for a Job Guarantee in 2024. He and Steve explore how to tackle the deep divide between Modern Monetary The…
Intelligent Report
Sign in to read teasers, or upgrade to Research Pro to commission intelligent report for this episode. Learn more →
Show notes
Can Marxists and MMTers find common ground, or are they doomed to be strategic enemies?Steve’s guest is Australian labor historian and organizer Owen Bennett, who founded the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union in 2015, and more recently, Unionists for a Job Guarantee in 2024. He and Steve explore how to tackle the deep divide between Modern Monetary Theory and the Marxist left. Owen argues that the left's current dismissal of full-employment policy is a historic break from a time when communis