Guest Post by Ken MacIntyre Explaining the financial system "I blow thru here The music goes down and around Whoa-ho-ho ho-ho ho And it …
Archives for February 2011
NEWS: New Office/Hub for the Campaign
The campaign is expanding quickly, and it's already beyond the point where myself and Ben Curtis can handle everything, even when our …
Positive Money at Oxford University Roundtable Discussion
In two weeks, on Friday 4th March we'll be speaking at a roundtable discussion at Oxford University. Fellow panelists will include Angela …
NEF: Taxpayers Subsidising Banks by £30bn a Year
This briefing from the New Economic Foundation finds that banks are being conservatively subsidised by up to £30bn a year. They point out a …
BBC: Radical Economics – Escaping Credit Serfdom
The following BBC Radio 'Analysis' program discusses the 'financialisation' of the economy and the rise of credit serfdom. It doesn't get to …
The Solution to the Irish Banking Crisis
It is important to point out that the export-led sector of the Irish economy including agribusiness, electronics and pharmaceuticals is …
Dear Mr Osborne: This is a dose of the wrong remedy (and it’s too little and too late anyway)
"The government says is to increase its levy on banks to £2.5bn this year which will raise an extra £800m for the treasury. With talk of …
Scandal in the City
A scandal is taking place in the City, and I don't mean the scandal that takes place every day by allowing the sector to create our entire …