Setting out to break some of the deeply entrenched taboos pervading economics in Britain, David Graeber has written an excellent piece on …
Archives for October 2015
Bank of England Bill
The Bank of England and Financial Services Bill is currently making its way through the upper house. On Tuesday, its second reading was …
“#PosMonWrong” – Mike King’s campaign against Positive Money
A few weeks ago, a paper entitled "Why Positive Money is Wrong: An Obligations Analysis of Broad Money Growth" was published by Mike King, a …
Economic Myth and Transformation
Here's an English translation of an article by our supporter in Greece, financial analyst Jason Ghionis, published in the Efsyn newspaper on …
The rise of inequality and its causes (Keiser Report)
In this Keiser Report, Max Keiser interviews Fran Boait, Director of Positive Money about Osborne’s ‘fiscal charter,’ the rise of inequality …
A History of Sovereign Money Proposals from Patrizio Laina
Patrizio Laina, a PhD candidate at the University of Helsinki, has written a short but very comprehensive overview of the history of …
Big banks win in UK Competition inquiry
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the low level of competition between banks in the UK. They released …
RIP Michael
The Positive Money team are very sad to have lost a friend and ally in Michael Meacher. Michael was one of the Commons' foremost …
Why don’t economists do comparative studies of different monetary systems?
What did you feel when you understood the full implications of the fact that banks create money out of nothing? Please let us know in the …