{"id":55666,"date":"2021-02-24T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=55666"},"modified":"2021-02-24T07:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T07:36:42","slug":"breaking-the-austerity-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2021\/02\/24\/breaking-the-austerity-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the austerity myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>I learned this morning that I podcast I recorded recently with Manda Scott for the Accidental Gods podcast series has been published. <a href=\"https:\/\/accidentalgods.life\/breaking-the-austerity-myth-the-system-is-broken-but-we-can-mend-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This comes from their website:<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_gutters1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_5 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Imagine a world where we didn\u2019t always feel as if money was tight. Imagine an economy that works for the health and welfare of people and planet rather than all of us working for the health of the economy. Richard Murphy describes where money comes from and how we could use it differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We all know the economy is broken \u2014 that the experiment of free market capitalism has driven us to the edge of extinction. The problem is working out what to replace it with that will help us to find new ways of being without creating such havoc that lives are destroyed in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In this first of a two-part series, Richard Murphy explores ways we can change the current system to create a different world.<\/p>\n<p>In our conversation, we explore how money is made in the current system, the mythology of austerity and how the world could be if we all understood the nature of the lies. When we all see the Emperor has no clothes, we can re-create a new way of doing and being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_row et_pb_row_3 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters2\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_clickable et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<div id=\"powerpress_player_2447\" class=\"powerpress_player\">\n<p>To play click either of the following:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_4 et_clickable et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pdst.fm\/e\/media.transistor.fm\/4769a65b\/1366c3e5.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et-pb-icon et-animated\">\u00ee\u201a\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pdst.fm\/e\/media.transistor.fm\/4769a65b\/1366c3e5.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I learned this morning that I podcast I recorded recently with Manda Scott for the Accidental Gods podcast series has been published. 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