Although ‘pure’ (sovereign) money would seem pretty much the same to people using it, it would behave differently from bank-money in a …
Archives for June 2017
Bank Robbery: Transition to a new money system
The transition would involve a one-off re-definition of money units as units of pure property, not ownership of debt from banks. The rest of …
Bank Robbery: How to change the system
The nature of money Essentially, money is a form of property. Your money is your money, mine is mine, otherwise money has no meaning. Money …
Bank Robbery: How the money system makes some rich, others poor
Banks create new money in massive amounts – always as debt. How does this work towards making financial predators rich and productive …
Bank Robbery: Why are banks allowed to create money?
Imagine a world where huge amounts of money are created out of nothing for private profit and destroyed again once profit is taken, so that …
Citizen’s income – can it work?
Positive Money and AntiUniversity's 'Citizen’s Income' Panel Discussion: Sunday 11th June 2017 - Report by Rebecca Zack There was an air of …
Why the Bank of England’s tools are broken
The Bank of England has voted to keep interest rates at 0.25% today. Currently, the policies of low rates and quantitative easing are …
The truth behind the “magic money tree”
Amber Rudd, who stood in for Theresa May on the BBC debate on 31st May had a new line of attack for Jeremy Corbyn, accusing him of believing …
What will your MP candidate do to tip the balance in our economy? (Video)
Our economy is unbalanced: money flows towards property and an oversized financial sector, sucking money in from the rest of the economy. …