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Global Fin System. Author: The Production of Money, The Case for The GND. System Change Newsletter: https://t.co/IAy5W6F9BS. AnnPettifor@econtwitter.net
May 19, 2023 27 tweets 4 min read
This is a thread of the speech I gave to the 'Beyond Growth' conference in the European Parliament on 17th May, 2023.... Image Thanks are due to MEP Phillipe Lamberts, and the 20 MEPs – from all political parties, including the EPP that organised the event, and their excellent staff teams.

Thanks are also due to the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen for her support for the conference.
May 16, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Listening to an old friend Vandana Shiva at #BeyondGrowth in EU Parliament.. "The ecological problem began with the colonial problem..All the land of India was turned into a commodity . 60 million died .. Colonialism was 'nature based'..." she says Image Vandana criticises John Locke - on money and investment... "the currency of money that is extinguishing life.."
Sep 23, 2022 8 tweets 1 min read
Thread: This budget represents a putsch by the undemocratic extreme right wing of the Tory Party...Truss and co have no electoral mandate. Note: not the Plan for Growth (2013) or Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth (2021).