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
By Dirk Ehnts, PhD in Economics, affiliated researcher at the Institute for International Political Economy Berlin Sten Grahn, Technical Doctor in Production Engineering Peo Hansen, Professor of Political Science, Linköping …
Raising interest rates is like blowing up the garden to weed it Read MoreBy Carlos García Hernández Originally published in Spanish in El Común on 13th May 2022 Between May 2nd and 5th, 2022, I had the opportunity to join economist Warren …
Journey to the heart of Argentina Read MoreDebunking Bloomberg with Fadhel Kaboub Written by Stephanie Kelton Originally published on Stephanie Kelton’s “The Lens” on 29th April 2022. Last week, Bloomberg touted an opinion piece (written by one …
Reblog – No, MMT Didn’t Wreck Sri Lanka 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 MoreNeil Wilson explains how the economy can work for the benefit of the people; how it can be the servant of society rather than its master. Originally published on Neil’s …
Running a Modern Money Economy 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 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