Throughout history Public Money Creation has been the norm, rather than the exception. Here’s why Japan was able to kick-start …
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The cracks begin to show – A review of the UK economy in 2015
On 29th December 2015, the Economists for Rational Economic Policies (EREP) network published its Review of the UK Economy in …
Dutch Parliament Hearing about Money Creation Sparks Debate
Positive Money’s Dutch sister organisation Ons Geld (Our Money) launched an initiative on the creation of money in January 2015. On April …
The Story of Our Economy in 2015: A cocktail of household consumption, household consumption, and more household consumption
Debt-fuelled consumption underpinned economic growth in 2015. Without upgrading the policy ‘toolkit’ available to the Bank of England, the …
Public money creation where you least expected it! (A history of public money creation Part 4)
Throughout history, Public Money Creation has been the norm, rather than the exception. What can we learn from money creation by the former …
Who Are The Prominent Academics Who Advocate A Different Type of QE?
In a recent post Positive Money showed that there is a strong intellectual body of history behind the various …
Bank of England data shows that UK economy remains unbalanced
GDP might be growing, but new figures released this week show some cause for concern. Data about the state of the UK economy in …