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
We would like to share an article by GIMMS associate Alan Hutchison. This article was posted on his excellent website Matches in the Dark here. I use this as supporting …
We pay for it by spending the money Read MoreIf we value a better future for all, the secret will lie in asking them what sort of world they want to live in and using their talents to create …
We ignore the fate of our young people at our peril. Read MoreAccording to the Office for Budget Responsibility, whose fiscal sustainability report was published last month, the news is bad. In its Executive Summary, it noted that the UK was on …
“Whatever great meaningful and impactful work we are doing now is only the beginning, let’s keep moving forward for a better tomorrow.” – George Stamatis Read MoreThree common neoliberal threads run through this week’s news: How will the enormous sums of money borrowed by the government to hold up the Covid-19 ailing economy be paid for? …
What sort of future do you want for yourself and your children? If it’s not more of the same, then it’s time for some radical thinking. Read MoreThis week the Learning and Work Institute published its July briefing on employment. Stephen Evans, its chief executive, made it clear that there were signs of an employment crisis ahead …
“Either you guarantee employment, or you guarantee there will be unemployment.” – Pavlina Tcherneva Read More“There’s something invigorating about people freaking out about modern monetary theory (MMT). They treat MMT as akin to the Ark of the Covenant in the first Indiana Jones movie. They …
‘What if the Public (really) Understood How Money Works?’ Just think what we could achieve! Read More‘Our economic and social prospects in the coming decade depend on today’s policies. The recovery will not gain steam without more confidence which will not recover without global cooperation. Governments …
Nothing is written in stone. There is an alternative. Let’s make this the era of people power; we can do this! Read More‘To talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now.’ E F Schumacher: Small is beautiful: Economics as if people mattered. The Bank of England in …
To talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now Read More“Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit!” – Mehmet Murat İldan (Turkish writer). Did you clap for the NHS and key workers? Did you cheer on …
If you clapped for the NHS and key workers, now it’s time to ACT. Read More‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’ are the opening words of a poem by the celebrated poet Robert Frost. Whilst he was writing about his own personal life’s journey, …
‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’. The question is which one will we take? Read More