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
“The objective should be to organize the economy around human needs and well-being. If toward this end we decommodify key goods and services, or legislate longer product lifespans, use-value will …
Another week of handbag economics 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 MoreA country ruled by criminals needs two revolutions, one small and one big: The small revolution is to overthrow the criminal government, the big revolution is to radically undo the …
The National Insurance increase shows that levelling up has been consigned to the Conservative bonfire of easy promises Read More“Last time, most of us fell for it. This time, it is critical that we do not. Because, in reality, the crisis we just experienced was waking from a dream, …
Fairy tales and the vocabulary of scarcity. Protecting the wealthy and hurting the rest 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 …
Concentrate on real resources to solve real problems, instead of the financial cost. Read More“Emperor Nero, it’s said, fiddled while Rome burned. If you don’t want our politicians to continue to follow his example while the world burns, get politically active now.” Thom Hartmann …
The cost of Covid-19 is no reason to put off tackling inequality and climate change Read MoreA system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun Oh, the …
Johnson’s levelling up programme is looking more like a sham Read More“The political class in Westminster have failed us. They inoculate themselves against the pain that we suffer. We will not forgive them, and no, we will not be patient with …
Politicians and the media coax the public to accept a new period of austerity Read More“We can pretend that extending the status quo into the future, unchanged, is one of the options available to us. But that is a fantasy. Change is coming one way …
Neither Green Savings Bonds nor your pension money are needed for the government to invest in an environmentally sustainable recovery Read More“If every politician asks the ridiculous question ‘how will you pay for that’ when it comes to full employment, universal healthcare, infrastructure modernisation, tuition-free university and sustainable energy, but no …
Reducing government spending now would be calamitous for the wellbeing of people Read More