More and more people are joining Positive Money to critique the Bank of England’s current £445 billion Quantitative Easing (QE) programme …
Archives for April 2016
Who are the prominent journalists who advocate a different type of QE?
In a recent post Positive Money showed that there is a strong intellectual body of history behind the various alternative …
Canada and New Zealand performed Public Money Creation (A History of Public Money Creation, Part 8)
Throughout history, governments have used their ability to create money to fund public spending. While none of these policies were called, …
Update on the Money Commission amendment
Over the past week, Positive Money supporters have been calling on their MPs to support the setting up of a Money Commission via an …
Is our money and banking system working in the public interest? (Video)
On Monday 7th September 2015, Positive Money hosted a high-level panel discussion, “Making Money Work”, with Lord Adair Turner, Professor …
The Affordability of UK Housing: Hello Debt for Life…
New data shows that growth in house prices is outpacing growth in wages. However, reports suggest that low interest-rates are making housing …
The Money Commission amendment will be debated in Parliament
Success! We have just heard that the Money Commission amendment will be debated in Parliament next Tuesday- on the 19th April. Thousands …
The Money Commission Amendment: what happens next?
Positive Money's campaign for a money commission received a huge boost last week as Douglas Carswell tabled an amendment to the Bank of …
New Report: Why State-Issued Money is Not Debt
Positive Money advocates a shift away from the current ‘debt-based’ monetary system, in which almost all money is created by commercial …