[first]Banks should finally provide what we expect from them: the protection of our money.[/first] Cyprus in 2013 and Iceland in 2008 are …
Economic Analysis, Theory
Plea for a different approach to yet more debt
One of our supporters Simon Davies has recently received a response from the Treasury to a letter he sent to George Osborne back in March. …
Material Debt
It seems that dishing out free money is a cure for some ill's and not for others, or for some patients and not others. While the rest of the …
How failed banks on life support can grant humungous bonuses
In the May 21st edition of London's Evening Standard its financial editor Anthony Hilton laid into the Basel regulatory endorsement of …
Is Britain’s stagnating economy on the mend?
'Stunning' factory output propels pace of recovery, so reads a headline in a business newspaper. News reports and Politicians alike all …
Dirk Bezemer on Positive Money: A Response
This is a more detailed response to the interview with Prof Dirk Bezemer on The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, RUV (the interview …
Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources
We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. It’s time for a new …
Economics and the Powerful – INET Conference (Video)
When economies exhibit dreadful results is it because we have flawed understanding? Or are correct models often ignored? Are good economists …
QE – one step closer to monetary reform?
When the BoE spends, for example, £10bn of newly created QE money to buy gilts from non-banks, both the central bank money and the …