The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
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Public duty and the public purpose? Or, self-serving interest? Politicians have a choice. We have a choice. The problems we face did not come down from the heavens. They are …
We can afford to choose public purpose spending Read MoreDo 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 MoreAccording 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 MoreIn this post, originally published on Medium, Michael Berks discusses NHS funding. I’m sure you’ve all seen the story of 100-year old Captain Tom Moore, who, by walking 100 laps …
We need to talk about Tommy…the NHS: charity, taxes and MMT Read More“Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit!” – Mehmet Murat İldan (Turkish writer). Did you clap for the NHS and key workers? Did you cheer on …
If you clapped for the NHS and key workers, now it’s time to ACT. Read MoreAll 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‘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 MoreGIMMS is pleased to have permission to reblog this article from @pamos19. Originally published on her Idle Obs blog site here “Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If …
Fundraisers v Public Money for NHS Read More“How all this plays out ultimately depends on us. The emperor is now naked and the ground for a radical paradigm shift – one based on popular sovereignty, democratic control …
COVID-19 is our practice run. Our future survival may be at stake, but the solutions are within our grasp. NOW. Read MoreMarcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer and academic sceptic philosopher. He wrote ‘The Safety of the People shall be the Highest Law.’ This week, it was reported that …
Rishi Sunak is wrong. ‘Righting the ship’ won’t require any taxpayers to ‘chip in’ to cover the cost of his spending plans – not now, in the future, or ever. Read More