Is the public purse empty?
The government wants you to believe that the public purse is empty and needs replenishing to set the finances straight. It’s not and it doesn’t. Time to challenge the lie …
Is the public purse empty? Read MoreTag: currency issuer
While a governmental blame game distracts the public, what democracy we had is being further hollowed out.
Before it’s too late let’s not let the window of opportunity pass us by. The government is us, or it could be. As many of us sit in our living …
While a governmental blame game distracts the public, what democracy we had is being further hollowed out. Read MoreLet’s not let the debt doomsters rule the roost!
Doing so will come at a huge human and planetary cost. In this week’s news the train crash economics of neoliberalism continues to thunder on. The government, still ensconced in …
Let’s not let the debt doomsters rule the roost! Read MoreWe pay for it by spending the money
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 MoreTime For Informed Change. Post Covid-19 Economics
Philip Armstrong Nick Potts Solent University, Southampton, UK Published online 13th August 2020 Full article Abstract In these extraordinary times it might just be that heterodox …
Time For Informed Change. Post Covid-19 Economics Read MoreWhat 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.
Three 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 MoreWe need to talk about Tommy…the NHS: charity, taxes and MMT
In this post, originally published on Medium, Michael Berks discusses NHS funding. I’m sure you’ve all seen the story of 100-year old Captain Tom Moore, who, by walking 100 laps …
We need to talk about Tommy…the NHS: charity, taxes and MMT Read More‘What if the Public (really) Understood How Money Works?’ Just think what we could achieve!
“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 MoreMoney is productive, and racist institutions create money
Originally published on the Just Money website as a contribution to their Roundtable on Race and Money, this article sees David M. P. Freund, Associate Professor in the Department of …
Money is productive, and racist institutions create money Read More‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’. The question is which one will we take?
‘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