The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
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As the new Prime Minister processes around the country like the emperor with no clothes, families are struggling, children are going hungry, people are sleeping on the streets and those …
Green shoots and new horizons – there is an alternative. Read MoreWhile the Conservatives endlessly laud their economic achievements from the parallel universe they inhabit, their fantasies are countered by the growing evidence that all is not well. The stories of …
Hands up anyone who wants to save the planet and live in a fairer, more equitable world! Read More“Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free …
The health and well-being of our children is not determined by taxpayers’ money, but by the political will to make a difference Read MoreThe public purpose is inherently a progressive agenda that strives to continually improve the material, social, physical, cultural and psychological well-being of all members of society. It is inherently ‘aspirational’ …
What makes a healthy economy and society and how can it best be delivered? Read More“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into …
The question is not how we will pay for it but what sort of society do we want to create? Read MoreAs 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 MoreIn 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 MoreThe IMF has been busying itself with the UK’s financial position, reported in the FT on the 10 October as “languishing close to the bottom of the international league table …
Pensions, Universal Credit and the IMF Read More