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
“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 …
Cabinet brainstorms quick fixes for the cost-of-living crisis to avoid the real solution Read More“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” …
The needs of people must prevail over myths of a duty to balance the books Read MoreBy Stuart Medina Miltimore. Extract from a long interview with Warren Mosler held in Mallorca on October 14, 2021. Originally published by Red MMT in both English and Spanish Inflation …
Rendezvous in Mallorca: a conversation with Warren Mosler Read MoreYou cannot simply *ask* the rich to reduce their emissions and resource use. The only reasonable approach is to tax them to the point where they are no longer rich. …
COP26: Politicians and corporations greenwash ‘business as usual’ at climate change conference Read MoreYou 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 MoreThe 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“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 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