The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
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“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 MoreBy Stuart Medina Miltimore. Extract from a long interview with Warren Mosler held in Mallorca on October 14, 2021. Originally published by Red MMT in both English and Spanish Inflation …
Rendezvous in Mallorca: a conversation with Warren Mosler Read MoreYou have to ask yourself: if our economic system actively destroys the biosphere *and* fails to meet most people’s basic needs, then what is actually the point? Jason Hickel – …
Budget 2021 – Those with the least receive only crumbs Read More“The objective should be to organize the economy around human needs and well-being. If toward this end we decommodify key goods and services, or legislate longer product lifespans, use-value will …
Another week of handbag economics Read MoreBeing a planetary citizen does not need space travel. It means being conscious that we are part of the universe and of the earth. The most fundamental law is to …
A broken system – where does the buck stop? Read More‘What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.’ Dr Jane Goodall, Scientist & Activist This week, Sajid Javid, …
If we can find money for corporations, we can find money for the people who need it. Read MoreA country ruled by criminals needs two revolutions, one small and one big: The small revolution is to overthrow the criminal government, the big revolution is to radically undo the …
The National Insurance increase shows that levelling up has been consigned to the Conservative bonfire of easy promises Read More“Last time, most of us fell for it. This time, it is critical that we do not. Because, in reality, the crisis we just experienced was waking from a dream, …
Fairy tales and the vocabulary of scarcity. Protecting the wealthy and hurting the rest Read More“Emperor Nero, it’s said, fiddled while Rome burned. If you don’t want our politicians to continue to follow his example while the world burns, get politically active now.” Thom Hartmann …
The cost of Covid-19 is no reason to put off tackling inequality and climate change Read MoreA system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun Oh, the …
Johnson’s levelling up programme is looking more like a sham Read More