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Don’t let the black hole debt doomsters suck us in with their lies. Enough is enough.

6th November 2022

“What is a debt, anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence.” David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 …

Don’t let the black hole debt doomsters suck us in with their lies. Enough is enough. Read More
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Party conferences dish up pie-based economics

9th October 2022

The ‘government as household’ myth is directly responsible for neoliberal governments getting away with treating the welfare of citizens (those they are meant to represent) as non-essential discretionary spending. As …

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As Britain deals with hunger, record temperatures and wildfires, Tory candidates bicker over tax cuts and borrowing

24th July 2022

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller While the Tory leadership hopefuls have …

As Britain deals with hunger, record temperatures and wildfires, Tory candidates bicker over tax cuts and borrowing Read More
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Johnson resigns, but the toxic market-driven ideology will remain, whoever his successor

9th July 20229th July 2022

“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 …

Johnson resigns, but the toxic market-driven ideology will remain, whoever his successor Read More
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Growing discontent as the cost of living rise continues to bite

26th June 2022

“An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth – in short, materialism – does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no …

Growing discontent as the cost of living rise continues to bite Read More
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The Government, like the Pied Piper, marches the nation back to Dickensian Britain

29th May 2022

“Please spread the word. We need to end the ‘state is like household’ analogy. The main constraint on govt. spending is the productive capacity and resources in the economy and …

The Government, like the Pied Piper, marches the nation back to Dickensian Britain Read More
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Out-of-touch Chancellor’s Spring Statement fails to help those most in need

27th March 202227th March 2022

“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 More
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Carlos García Hernández interviews Chris Williamson – The Resist Movement

11th December 2021

GIMMS welcomes Carlos García Hernández as he introduces his new interview with Chris Williamson. “As long as the issue of any matter fraught with peril is still in doubt, and …

Carlos García Hernández interviews Chris Williamson – The Resist Movement Read More
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Budget 2021 – Those with the least receive only crumbs

31st October 2021

You 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 More
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Conference speeches reveal the misery to come

10th October 2021

The ultimate, hidden truth of the world, is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.” David Graeber   After two weeks of party …

Conference speeches reveal the misery to come Read More

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Steven Hail @stevenhailaus ·
14 Feb

We are about to start our 8th trimester. We've more students now than ever before and I believe we have one of the largest online Masters programs in economics. Ours is based around MMT and ecological economics.

You could join us in June or Sept.

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Steven Boxall @regenerationex ·
14 Feb

A government that issues its own currency (as the UK's does) does not need the private sector to finance public infrastructure and buildings or services. The Private Finance Initiative is a fraud and those involved should be prosecuted.

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Macro n Cheese Podcast #MMT @cheesemacro ·
14 Feb

What is the “death economy”? The hidden forces that shape the global economy w/ @jperkinsauthor of “Confessions of an Economic Hitman”.  Ep. drops Sat. 2/15 @ 8 am ET!  #IMF #NATO #China #BRICS

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Steven Hail @stevenhailaus ·
15 Feb

The rest of the world wants USD and chooses to give the US goods to get them. Donald Trump has decided he doesn't want the rest of the world to have USD and he doesn't want Americans to have the goods.

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Steve Hall @profhall1955 ·
11 Feb

Have a quick read through this thread. What you're not supposed to know about money. I'm telling you - the essential first move towards true democracy and a stable economy fit for public purpose is the control of the means of production of money. https://x.com/sdgrumbine/status/1223039735083544576

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