GIMMS goes to Berlin!
The GIMMS team would like to share with you all our thoughts and impressions of the very first European MMT conference which took place in Berlin over last weekend. It …
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Why fixing poverty and inequality does not depend on a benevolent global wealthy elite
“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error,” said the Roman philosopher Cicero. Now that we know how inequality harms the health of societies, individuals, and …
Why fixing poverty and inequality does not depend on a benevolent global wealthy elite Read MoreThe Myths and Legends of Hypothecated National Insurance
Over the last few days there has been a story whizzing around social media that our National Insurance contributions are being used to pay off the national debt. The Fund, …
The Myths and Legends of Hypothecated National Insurance Read MoreGovernments should be judged by the way they treat their elders not whether they balanced their accounts
‘How we treat our old people is a crucial test of our national quality. A nation that lacks gratitude to those who have honestly worked for her in the past …
Governments should be judged by the way they treat their elders not whether they balanced their accounts Read MoreLovers of exemption from tax
Welcome to Alan Hutchison, our MMT Long Read author for this week. Alan begins his blog post with a riddle, and as he notes most people will answer without hesitation. …
Lovers of exemption from tax Read MoreThe day MMT officially went mainstream?
On Wednesday 16 January an unusual event occurred. FTAlphaville, a news and commentary service for financial market professionals provided by the Financial Times, published an article by Brendan Greeley entitled …
The day MMT officially went mainstream? Read MoreNew Year….same old economic orthodoxy
At the end of 2018 the economic wizard, George Osborne, entertained the public, yet again, with the claim that at the time of the general election in 2010 the country …
New Year….same old economic orthodoxy Read MoreThe Bond Market Doesn’t Control Anything; the Currency-Issuing National Government Does
Ellis Winningham is a retired US-based economist, Modern Monetary Theory advocate and campaigner who works with relentless passion through his website blogs and social media work to inform and raise …
The Bond Market Doesn’t Control Anything; the Currency-Issuing National Government Does Read More“Austerity is theft, the greatest transfer of wealth from poor to the rich since the enclosures.”
Fuad Alakbarov (Azerbaijani-Scottish human rights activist, political commentator and humanitarian.) In the week before Christmas, the Secretary of State for housing claimed that the sky rocketing levels of homelessness …
“Austerity is theft, the greatest transfer of wealth from poor to the rich since the enclosures.” Read MoreWhat Price Justice? The Failures of the Left and the Political Economy of the Future
Simon Winlow and Steve Hall Published online 2018 Full article Abstract This paper addresses three specific problems. First, it describes and explains the growing distance between the political …
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