The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
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We are in the last few days of the election campaign. An election which, without doubt, will be a defining one for the future of this country and possibly even …
Which way from here? That depends on where we want to go. Our choices now will determine our future. Read MoreIn the news, the Prime Minister tells millions of WASPI women affected by the changes to the state pension age that he couldn’t promise to magic up the money for …
The time has come to talk of many things; of taxing and spending and an economic system that needs mending. Read MoreCharles Dickens began his novel ‘Hard Times’ thus: “NOW, what I want is, Facts. […]. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You …
It’s not balanced budgets that will save us. It’s the power of the public purse and our human values. Read More“Ultimately austerity has failed because it is unsupported by sound logic or data. It is an economic ideology. It stems from the belief that small government and free markets are …
The austerity prescription was not an experiment; it did not fail for the rich. Time for a rethink. Time for an economic revolution. Read More“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide In the week when protests have erupted in countries around the world …
Genuine Hope. Collective Action. Read MoreOh, the irony of it. Boris Johnson makes law and order the central plank of the Queen’s Speech. After having spent 9 years telling us about how we could no …
The people are the change. Time to step out of our comfort zone and make it happen. Read MoreThe GIMMS team have been away and had a very busy two weeks travelling between Brighton, London, Manchester, Leeds and Newport for a variety of events. All in all, it …
We need to relearn the art of adequate spending for public purpose Read MoreEarlier 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 …
Young people and workers of the world unite! You have a right to a future. Read MoreWhile climate chaos continues to make the news, from hurricanes and fires in the Amazon to melting ice in Greenland, politicians, journalists and others are still killing us softly with …
There is no Planet ‘B’, so we’d better save this one (and how we do it) Read More“We all need to work together, because there are no jobs on a dead planet; there is no equity without rights to decent work and social protection, no social justice …
To transform the world, we need a revolution in our priorities and values Read More