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
“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 MoreThe good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Jane Addams, US social reformer and …
Splendour of the Queen’s Speech brings no relief for hungry people Read MoreIf we value a better future for all, the secret will lie in asking them what sort of world they want to live in and using their talents to create …
We ignore the fate of our young people at our peril. Read MoreThis week the Learning and Work Institute published its July briefing on employment. Stephen Evans, its chief executive, made it clear that there were signs of an employment crisis ahead …
“Either you guarantee employment, or you guarantee there will be unemployment.” – Pavlina Tcherneva Read More“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones.” ― John Maynard Keynes When the world is facing one of the worst public health …
We need a government that dares to think big and be more ambitious in its strategy to set our economy on a more sustainable and equitable pathway. Read More‘Our economic and social prospects in the coming decade depend on today’s policies. The recovery will not gain steam without more confidence which will not recover without global cooperation. Governments …
Nothing is written in stone. There is an alternative. Let’s make this the era of people power; we can do this! Read More‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’ are the opening words of a poem by the celebrated poet Robert Frost. Whilst he was writing about his own personal life’s journey, …
‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood’. The question is which one will we take? 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 MoreA month on already since the general election and as well as the usual post-Christmas/January blues, the nation still finds itself in a state of deep uncertainty about its future. …
Getting the narrative right. Careful stewardship of the economy is not about balancing the public accounts; it is about serving the interests of the nation and delivering public purpose. Read More“Economics lie at the very root of practical morality” Josephine Butler, English feminist, social reformer and campaigner against injustice. Boris Johnson has been distributing largesse. Well, not quite distributing it; …
The Strange Case of the Missing Money Read More