Post-Growth and MMT
In an age of endless consumption which keeps the economic wheels turning it is no surprise that our leaders have failed dismally to address adequately the very real and long-term …
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When two original MMT developers get together to discuss their work
In this post, Professor Bill Mitchell provides a reference guide to the basic principles of MMT as seen by himself and another of the original MMT developers, Warren Mosler. This …
When two original MMT developers get together to discuss their work Read MoreSocial Care and how we can pay for it
Social care is in a state of collapse. Despite an additional £2bn of government funding, cash strapped local authorities have been unable to afford the fees charged by private care …
Social Care and how we can pay for it Read MoreThe Big Society and the NHS
In the news this week… The Daily Mail launches its campaign to create an army of NHS volunteers with the aim of freeing up more time for frontline staff to …
The Big Society and the NHS Read MoreThe Unheard-of Center: Critique after Modern Monetary Theory
MMT turns conventional thinking about money on its head. What looks like a convention for enabling exchange or a commodity like gold is, in reality, something very different. Money defines …
The Unheard-of Center: Critique after Modern Monetary Theory Read MoreEducation…education…education
And in the news this week… Education…education…education. Last week the Public Accounts Committee published its findings on the sale of the student loan book. The government was criticised …
Education…education…education Read MoreThe UN report
As reported in last week’s MMT Lens Philip Alston’s report on extreme poverty and human rights is truly shocking. Far from austerity being based on the need for financial prudence, …
The UN report Read MorePolanyi Against the Whirlwind
The world is on the threshold of great change as the era of market liberalism starts to unravel, leaving it exposed to economic uncertainty and the rise of fascism in …
Polanyi Against the Whirlwind Read MoreLife at the sharp end of austerity
In the news this week….. “I’m scared to eat sometimes in case we run out of food.” “We had people coming to us who hadn’t eaten for several days,” “I …
Life at the sharp end of austerity Read MoreA weekend of quiet reflection
Today’s blog comes just before the weekend commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War, the ‘war to end war’. When it started people thought it would …
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