Legal research should be conducted to check whether ‘helicopter money’ would be legally feasible in the Eurozone, said the President of the …
QE for people / Helicopter money
Bank of England’s chief economist hints towards a digital form of central bank money to compete with bank-issued money
Last week Andrew Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist hinted that current monetary policy might be broken, and that other policies …
John McDonnell: QE for People will entail an independent Bank of England
In his first speech as Labour’s shadow chancellor, John McDonnell has stated that the Bank of England should remain independent but that a …
Overt Monetary Financing – dangerous drug or miracle medicine? (Lord Adair Turner)
On 7th September 2015 Positive Money hosted an event " Making Money Work: can innovations in monetary policy promote long-term prosperity?", …
Making Money Work: can innovations in monetary policy promote long-term prosperity?
Earlier this week, Positive Money hosted the biggest discussion on the future of UK monetary policy since the election. Here’s a brief …
How to bypass the financial markets and ensure money is spent on building homes, roads and energy infrastructure (nef)
It is clear that the current approach to monetary policy – which essentially hasn’t changed for three years – is failing to achieve the …
Why don’t economists understand the needs of ordinary people? (QE for the people)
Listen to the 2nd part of the new show on Bradford Community Broadcasting 106.6FM radio "Why don’t economists…” , presented by Marie …
People’s QE goes mainstream
Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has sparked a major debate about monetary and economic policy by calling for what he calls a …
‘QE for the people’ can happen without compromising Bank of England independence
Positive Money is rejecting claims that ‘people’s QE’ would represent an end of the independence of the Bank of England. We propose a …