Standing at a crossroads in time
‘Democracy is not just a counting up of votes, it is a counting up of actions.’ Howard Zinn Do you remember when Andy Haldane, the Chief Economist at the Bank …
Standing at a crossroads in time Read MoreTag: government debt
Time to worry less (or better not at all) about the national debt and challenge the government’s economic record instead.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters. Antonio Gramsci In the week that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced …
Time to worry less (or better not at all) about the national debt and challenge the government’s economic record instead. Read MoreThe environmental clock is still ticking onwards
We need a sustainable vision for the future and the political will to deliver it like never before “Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us …
The environmental clock is still ticking onwards Read MoreWhat’s the choice?
Do we accept there is no alternative to our rotten economic system or demand something different? Let’s re-examine our values and use our imaginations to redefine how we work and …
What’s the choice? Read MoreIs 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 MoreWhile 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 MoreWe ignore the fate of our young people at our peril.
If 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 More“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
According 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 More