The Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies
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A Brexit free zone. GIMMS reports on the real news: austerity hurts (and what we can do about it) 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 MoreThe French have a saying “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” With the events of the last few days, one might consider that nothing had changed; the Tories …
The barbarians may be inside the gates, but we can still defeat them Read MoreWhile the Conservatives endlessly laud their economic achievements from the parallel universe they inhabit, their fantasies are countered by the growing evidence that all is not well. The stories of …
Hands up anyone who wants to save the planet and live in a fairer, more equitable world! Read MoreAs the GIMMS team was busy preparing for its social event in Abergavenny this weekend we didn’t have time to write our usual MMT Lens. However, we are delighted to …
Labour Should Not Fall For The Tory-Led ‘Costing’ Trick – Here’s Why Read MoreWhat a week we’ve had. Or is that a decade? After almost 10 years of cuts to public spending and their destructive consequences, the nation is weary. We are mired …
Breaking free of neoliberal thinking to deliver progressive change Read MoreIt would be remiss of GIMMS not to mention in this week’s blog the visit of Donald Trump to the UK. The good news is that he retracted his statement …
It’s time to challenge the notion that government money is scarce and show that the real limits to public spending are the nation’s resources. The real skill is how we create and share them out. Read MoreIn this age of fiscal austerity the viability of the NHS as a publicly funded and delivered service has been constantly called into question. Those challenging the necessity for cuts …
Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition? Read MoreLast week the House of Lords Committee on intergenerational fairness said that it was time to rebalance government policies to favour young people, or risk further shattering of the ‘social …
Repeat after us…there is no social care funding gap and no tax burden on future generations Read More“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 …
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