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
Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which …
Keynes’ wisdom still stands; “Anything we can actually do we can afford.” 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 …
Collapsing services and neglected people in a disintegrating society that could be thriving Read More‘The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.’ Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth …
“Scrooge” Hunt’s Autumn Statement leads us to the darkness of a new round of austerity Read More“What is a debt, anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence.” David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 …
Don’t let the black hole debt doomsters suck us in with their lies. Enough is enough. Read More“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller While the Tory leadership hopefuls have …
As Britain deals with hunger, record temperatures and wildfires, Tory candidates bicker over tax cuts and borrowing Read More“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 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“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 More