It is well known by supporters of Positive Money that the privilege of the high street banks to create debt based money results in a …
Archives for August 2013
Positive Money on BBC Radio Scotland on Sat 31Aug
Good news: After BBC Radio 4 has re-broadcasted Ben Dyson's talk about the fundamental flaws in our money system in the "Best of Four …
Germany’s main financial daily takes monetary reform seriously
Germany's main financial daily Frankfurter Allgemeine has published in the last few days two articles seriously discussing the money reform …
Now is the time to stop banks driving up food prices
Don’t let the banks snake away with food speculation, argues the recent campaign by the World Development Movement: To support …
Senior economists queue up to dismiss textbook explanations of our monetary system
For decades now, the major economic textbooks have been teaching an explanation which is not just wrong, but back to front. The textbook …
BBC Radio 4: Money isn’t real!
The comedy show on BBC Radio 4 on 23rd August on the question "Where did all the money go?" assisted by Gillian Tett and Max …
The cancers at the heart of the banking system
"The cancers at the heart of the banking system are explicit and implicit deposit insurance, destabilising the system, creating financial …
Standard & Poor’s Explain Money Creation: “Banks can not and do not ‘lend out’ reserves”
This is a must-read report by Standards & Poor's, the world's leading credit rating agency. The title is clear: "Repeat after me: Banks …
Positive Money: The gateway to a sustainable economy?
Guest blog by Ocean Love: As I sit at my computer trying to find a way in to this article, I feel like Alice attempting to …