There was a big buzz on Twitter this week, when this video of Zoe Williams, a Guardian columnist, claiming that "Obviously there is a money …
Archives for September 2015
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 …
George Osborne’s Permanent Bank Levy – Is it Seigniorage?
Positive Money (PM) is not impressed by the Chancellors' attempts to impose some kind of payback on the banks for the damage they …
All money should be created by Bank of England, for public good
Sheffield Telegraph published the following letter by Steve Penny from the Sheffield local group on 17th September 2015: "Jeremy …
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?", …
Survey confirms: People have no idea about how money is created
Interesting news from our sister organisation MoMo in Switzerland: The survey results from a master’s thesis from the Institute of Finance …
Britain in the red: Households with problem debt up by more than a quarter since 2012
This article by Damon Gibbson was originally published on the Touch Stone website on 8th September 2015: Today saw the first release of …
Corbynomics needn’t be your cup of tea, but QE for the People is a good idea
It is no secret that right wing media correspondents take significant issue with Jeremy Corbyn’s proposals for economic reform. However, …