MPs discuss the role of the money and banking system in fuelling climate change through excessive debt LONDON, 18th January 2018 - …
Economic Analysis, Theory
The Bank of England needs to think outside the box
Governor Mark Carney will have to pen a letter to the Chancellor, as inflation figures out yesterday showed price rises of 3 per cent - …
To better understand UK banks we have to follow the money
From how UK banks create money to how they managed to lose so much of it in the last crisis, there are some persistent misconceptions that …
Philip Hammond’s other deficit
Philip Hammond delivered yesterday’s budget in the context of the worst decade for real wage growth in living memory, and at time when …
Is world-leading NHS healthcare an affordable proposition?
This article, co-authored by our supporter David Laws, appeared originally on the Progressive Pulse website: Authors: David Laws, …
Preventing climate change means reforming money and finance
In many ways, the effects of the present money and banking system - financial instability, unemployment, rising debt levels are usually …
The Bank of England’s boost to wealth inequality is all but impossible to reverse
Should governments have to clean up the damage left by their central banks? In a speech given in December, Mark Carney - echoing a classic …
What’s the difference between wealth inequality and income inequality, and why does it matter?
Wealth inequality is in the news, with our friends at IPPR pointing to just how ‘unevenly divided’ wealth is in the UK. The problem is huge: …
The Bank of England’s depiction of inequality data is dangerously misleading
In an important speech in Liverpool in 2016, Mark Carney defended the Bank of England (BoE) against the charge that QE has caused inequality …