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
Being 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 More‘What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.’ Dr Jane Goodall, Scientist & Activist This week, Sajid Javid, …
If we can find money for corporations, we can find money for the people who need it. 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“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 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“The purpose of government is to ensure that everyone has what they need to live a good life. That means giving every child the very best start in life, caring …
Inflation is not what we should be worried about right now Read Moreby Carlos García Hernández (originally published in Spanish in El Común) I was prompted to write this article by yet another sad fatality, the death of British economist John …
Modern Money Consensus Read More“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck …
Dealing with crucial issues must triumph over the bogus ‘need’ to balance the books. Read More“I suppose there hasn’t been a single month since the war, in any trade you care to name, in which there weren’t more men than jobs. It’s brought a peculiar, …
More than tinkering around the edges is needed to bring about a better world Read MoreBy Carlos García Hernández Article originally published in Spanish by El Común here. On the 4th of April Robert Mundell, the Canadian Nobel laureate in economics, died at the age …
The Concept of an Optimal Currency Area, and why the EU has failed to create it. Read More