Over the past few weeks, we’ve been busy meeting MPs from across the House of Commons. We’ve asked them to raise in Parliament how …
Archives for January 2016
State-led money creation versus “free market alternatives” like bitcoin (Video)
Watch the recording of a debate between Ben Dyson, founder of Positive Money and comedian, author of 'Life after the State' and anarchist …
Making Money Work (Video)
On Monday 7th September 2015, Positive Money hosted a high-level panel discussion, “Making Money Work”, with Lord Adair Turner, Professor …
Money Creation for Public in Germany – Moving Beyond Weimar (A History of Public Money Creation, Part 6)
Many economists have a misunderstanding of what caused hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. More importantly, many economists …
Who creates money?
If you ask a person in the street ‘how is money created?’ they will probably look at you blankly. A couple might hazard a guess and say the …
Transition to a public monetary system
We need a serious public and political debate on the pros and cons of the current monetary system, the alternative of public money creation, …
An old Japanese recipe for thwarting economic recessions – Public Money Creation! (A History of Public Money Creation, Part 5)
Throughout history Public Money Creation has been the norm, rather than the exception. Here’s why Japan was able to kick-start …
The cracks begin to show – A review of the UK economy in 2015
On 29th December 2015, the Economists for Rational Economic Policies (EREP) network published its Review of the UK Economy in …
Dutch Parliament Hearing about Money Creation Sparks Debate
Positive Money’s Dutch sister organisation Ons Geld (Our Money) launched an initiative on the creation of money in January 2015. On April …