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Three common neoliberal threads run through this week’s news: How will the enormous sums of money borrowed by the government to hold up the Covid-19 ailing economy be paid for? …
What sort of future do you want for yourself and your children? If it’s not more of the same, then it’s time for some radical thinking. 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“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 More‘We hope this pandemic will teach us that in normal times we must build up our supplies, our infrastructure, and our institutions to be able to deal with crises. We …
We don’t have to accept a corporate blueprint for a future world. The alternative is to forge a collective vision based on solid values and publicly provided foundations to enable human and planetary flourishing. 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 MoreFear is growing as the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads across the planet. As the media ramps up the anxiety with its daily reporting, people are crazily sweeping supermarket shelves of toilet …
After a decade of public sector cuts, it is time to learn the lesson that austerity has consequences for us all. Read MoreFive years ago, responding to a letter from one of his constituents about food banks, MP John Whittingdale wrote that he thought food banks ‘provided an incredibly valuable service beyond …
We need to break free from the notion that a country’s health is measured by a balanced budget. Value is not judged by money, but by human and planetary flourishing. Read MoreAs the election campaign rolls on and party leaders battle it out on our television screens, the Liberal Democrats commit themselves to more austerity and Paul Mason, left-wing journalist and …
We don’t need a perfect world; we need a fairer and more equitable one. Understanding how money works is the first step. 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 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