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Young people and workers of the world unite! You have a right to a future.

14th September 201914th September 2019

Earlier this week in New York, Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein and other environmental activists shared a platform in an event entitled ‘The Right to a Future’. In the face of …

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Economics as if people [and the planet] mattered

22nd June 201923rd June 2019

“…increasingly we live in a world filled with the equivalents of deadly garage-door openers, unnecessary items that offer us mild and insipid comfort at the price of a dangerous and …

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An SOS to the world:  Biodiversity is under threat. We need to act now. Our survival depends upon it.

10th May 201910th May 2019

This weekend the GIMMS team are preparing for a series of events that we will be hosting in Birmingham and London so this week’s MMT Lens will be shorter than …

An SOS to the world:  Biodiversity is under threat. We need to act now. Our survival depends upon it. Read More
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Delivering ecological, social and economic change: Join us in Birmingham to find out more

20th April 20195th May 2019

“Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand …

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GIMMS goes to Berlin!

8th February 20198th February 2019

The GIMMS team would like to share with you all our thoughts and impressions of the very first European MMT conference which took place in Berlin over last weekend. It …

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SHolland @sarahollando552 ·
24 Dec

True for the US
True for the U.K.
#MMT @wbmosler
@GowerInitiative

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
26 Dec

@grenville_1 @DanielJHannan First government does not spend by printing money.

What makes us richer are the resources that are mobilised by both government and private spending.

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
26 Dec

@DanielJHannan Good question. The answer is simply that our ancestors ran a commodity based currency system: a silver standard. However, for centuries they utilised systems to bypass the silver constraint, such as ‘tallies of pro’. The ancient Exchequer of Receipt was in effect a clearing house… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2004597787976257665

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Tally Sticks @widespreadhaze ·
18 Dec

The money comes from MPs votes. It’s called ‘Money from Parliament’.

You are an MP and should know this, it is your job after all.

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Pavlina R Tcherneva @ptcherneva ·
18 Dec

We call on the Indian government to recommit to MGNREGA & its demand-driven access to employment from a human rights perspective. Join me, @JosephEStiglitz, @MazzucatoM, @Ferreras_Isa, @PikettyWIL, @srpoverty, @DarrickHamilton, @Jayati1609 and other experts by signing our letter.

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