Tag: MMT

Blogs / MMT Lens

We don’t have to accept a corporate blueprint for a future world. The alternative is to forge a collective vision based on solid values and publicly provided foundations to enable human and planetary flourishing.

‘We hope this pandemic will teach us that in normal times we must build up our supplies, our infrastructure, and our institutions to be able to deal with crises. We …

We don’t have to accept a corporate blueprint for a future world. The alternative is to forge a collective vision based on solid values and publicly provided foundations to enable human and planetary flourishing. Read More
Blogs / MMT Lens

Change is not a pleasant process, but we must not shy away from it. There is an alternative. It’s time to engage. It’s time to make the world anew.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. Martin Luther King, Jr.   While the scale of the real human tragedy of …

Change is not a pleasant process, but we must not shy away from it. There is an alternative. It’s time to engage. It’s time to make the world anew. Read More
Blogs / MMT Lens

The question is not how we will pay for the pandemic, but how government can use its currency-issuing capacity to deal with the most pressing issues of our time.

‘Care homes have been top priority for the government’ so said the health secretary in a COVID-19 briefing earlier this week. Daily the evidence grows that this is yet more …

The question is not how we will pay for the pandemic, but how government can use its currency-issuing capacity to deal with the most pressing issues of our time. Read More
Blogs / MMT Lens

The cost of government austerity has been a one of infrastructure decay and human suffering. Our nation has paid the price. Are we ready yet to re-imagine our world?

‘No society should need permission from wealthy people to operate in a high functioning way’ Nick Hanauer   A day of reckoning is coming. The exponential rise in deficit spending …

The cost of government austerity has been a one of infrastructure decay and human suffering. Our nation has paid the price. Are we ready yet to re-imagine our world? Read More
Blogs / MMT Lens

This is no time for despondency or pulling the duvet over our heads. This is a time to regroup in solidarity to understand the problems and find solutions; our future depends on it. Let’s organise!

This time of the year is for making new year’s resolutions and this year was no exception. A local radio channel reported that a survey had revealed that the most …

This is no time for despondency or pulling the duvet over our heads. This is a time to regroup in solidarity to understand the problems and find solutions; our future depends on it. Let’s organise! Read More