Mythical Monetary Theory
Modern Monetary Theory makes revolutionary economic claims but is in fact just a flawed defence of reformism.
Isn’t it time to say “enough”?
IN-WORK poverty. Should that even be a thing? When I started work many, many decades ago it was simply assumed that once you left school or university you got a…
Britain’s Disabled Dystopia
Austerity was a lie sold to us in 2010 by our coalition government. Not only did they lie that the opposition party caused a global financial crisis but they refused…
And So This is Christmas
Christmas is extraordinary. It is full of contradictions and confusions. There are some who claim it as the Festival of Yuletide, others the Birth of the Sun and, for Christians,…
Stealth austerity is a smash and grab
Austerity measures were inevitable. The government is to introduce a regressive tax to pay for their terrible record on the NHS and social services. At the same time, they will…
Can we afford austerity?
The real war we need is on poverty: it is killing thousands and costing a staggering £78 billion a year. In the month the government is set to snatch the pennies…