Mary Mellor

Mary Mellor

Mary Mellor is Emeritus Professor at Northumbria University, where she was founding Chair of the University’s Sustainable Cities Research Institute. She has published extensively on alternative economics integrating socialist, feminist, and green perspectives. She is a founding member of the newly formed World Economics Association and is on the editorial board of several journals. Her books include Feminism and Ecology, The Future of Money: From Financial Crisis to Public Resource, and Debt or Democracy? Public Money for Sustainability and Social Justice. She holds a PhD from Newcastle University.

GTI Contributions

Roundtable contribution on Why Ecosocialism - Mary Mellor
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable Do Red and Green Mix?
December 2018
Socialism must be not only green but also feminist—and that requires recognizing the importance of care work.

Money for the People
Essay
Money for the People
August 2017
Money creation today depends on the banks—but it doesn't have to. Imagine a system in which states, instead, created money free of debt and guaranteed sustainable livelihoods for all.

Author's Response: Roundtable on Money
Roundtable
Author's Response to GTI Roundtable On Money
An exchange on the essay Money for the People
August 2017
Mary Mellor addresses points raised by the contributors to this roundtable.

Mary Mellor
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable "On Degrowth"
An exchange on the viewpoint The Degrowth Alternative
February 2015