The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
An independent, non-profit organisation – part of a growing international movement challenging the economic orthodoxy of the last five decades
“An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth – in short, materialism – does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no …
Growing discontent as the cost of living rise continues to bite Read More“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.” Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942 The Debt Doomsters are back (did they ever go away?). Rishi Sunak is …
True consequences of government policy are far worse than a waste of taxpayers’ money Read More“Please spread the word. We need to end the ‘state is like household’ analogy. The main constraint on govt. spending is the productive capacity and resources in the economy and …
The Government, like the Pied Piper, marches the nation back to Dickensian Britain Read MoreBy Dirk Ehnts, PhD in Economics, affiliated researcher at the Institute for International Political Economy Berlin Sten Grahn, Technical Doctor in Production Engineering Peo Hansen, Professor of Political Science, Linköping …
Raising interest rates is like blowing up the garden to weed it Read MoreThe good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Jane Addams, US social reformer and …
Splendour of the Queen’s Speech brings no relief for hungry people Read More“When people live in a fair, caring society, where everyone has equal access to social goods, they don’t have to spend their time worrying about how to cover their basic …
Cabinet brainstorms quick fixes for the cost-of-living crisis to avoid the real solution Read More“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” …
The needs of people must prevail over myths of a duty to balance the books Read More“Once we allow ourselves to be disobedient to the test of an accountant’s profit, we have begun to change our civilisation.” John Maynard Keynes This week, amidst continuing global …
Out-of-touch Chancellor’s Spring Statement fails to help those most in need Read MoreGIMMS welcomes Carlos García Hernández as he introduces his new interview with Chris Williamson. “As long as the issue of any matter fraught with peril is still in doubt, and …
Carlos García Hernández interviews Chris Williamson – The Resist Movement Read MoreYou cannot simply *ask* the rich to reduce their emissions and resource use. The only reasonable approach is to tax them to the point where they are no longer rich. …
COP26: Politicians and corporations greenwash ‘business as usual’ at climate change conference Read More