The Positive Money founder, Ben Dyson, has spent last couple of days in Iceland where he was invited to meet the Economic and Trade …
Archives for 2013
Why don’t economists understand money? (video)
Prof Victoria Chick, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University College London, addressed the question: “Why Don’t Academics Understand …
Do banks create money or just credit? (new video)
You might hear some people say that “Banks don’t create money – they just create credit”. This response often comes from civil servants and …
The Positive Money system – in Plain English
This proposal for reform of the banking system explains, in plain English, how we can prevent commercial banks from being able to create …
How can we escape from our current dysfunctional money system?
The current monetary system still continues to fuel a social and economic crisis, and although the media coverage doesn't give us much hope, …
Positive Money at Ethical Finance meeting in Scottish Parliament
Report of Ethical Finance meeting in Scottish Parliament by the James Gibb Stuart Trust Scottish Parliament, Thursday 21 February …
Report of Positive Money Meetup in Edinburgh 20th Feb 2013
Report by the James Gibb Stuart Trust Edinburgh, Wednesday 20 February 2013: This was a well-attended Meetup, with 47 people coming along …
Why doesn't the Media understand Money? (video)
Patrick Chalmers, former Reuters journalist and the author of 'Fraudcast News: How Bad Journalism Supports our Bogus Democracies', was …
Some pre-Great Depression roots of The Chicago Plan (& Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis)
This is an interesting article written by Clint Ballinger on the roots of the Chicago Plan - monetary reform proposal from the first half of …