Ben Curtis
Positive Money Podcast Episode 3 – Peak Oil and its effects on the economy with Richard O' Rourke
1 July, 2011In the third edition of the Positive Money Podcast I talk to Richard O' Rourke, a Director at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, about Peak Oil, specifically the recent under-publicised announcement that we reached the Peak of conventional oil production in 2006, and what effects we can expect the associated [...]
An interview with Professor Richard Werner (who has worked on our proposals)
23 May, 2011These three videos form a very interesting discussion, I would certainly recommend watching them. Professor Werner has experience advising the Central Bank of Japan, and is currently Director of Centre for Banking, Finance and Sustainable Development at the University of Southampton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qOuY9ZJ8w&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNQlR5dtPo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNGoyslFSc&feature=related
Positive Money Podcast – Episode 2 – Professor Mary Mellor
19 May, 2011Our latest Podcast is with Professor Mary Mellor. Mary is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Northumbria University, and is the author of "The Future of Money, From Financial Crisis to Public Resource", which you can buy from our bookshop. Mary's current research focuses on the financial crisis, money systems and financial exclusion. Her research interests include the social [...]
Positive Money Podcast Episode 1 – Steve Baker MP (including part 2)
16 May, 2011Steve Baker is Conservative MP for Wycombe following his election in May 2010. He is a director and co-founder of The Cobden Centre, an educational charity for social progress through honest money, free trade and peace. He is Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Economics, Money and Banking. Previously, Steve served in the Royal [...]
A short endorsement from Herman Daly for Full Reserve Banking
3 May, 2011In an upcoming feature length documentary by Mike Freedman, "Critical Mass", American ecological economist Herman Daly, founding member of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy gives an endorsement for full reserve banking. Watch the video here... http://vimeo.com/23218832
Monetary Reform Myths #1 – The 10% Reserve Rule
27 April, 2011This blog is part of a series on the veracity of various bits of information floating around the topic of Monetary Reform.... Update: This is a UK website, and I am referring to the UK banking system only in this article... Myth #1 “A bank keeps a 10% fraction of its deposits in reserve, and [...]
Article at Liberal Conspiracy from Positive Money on the ICB report
11 April, 2011Below is an article on the Liberal Conspiracy website from Positive Money. Expect an in-depth analysis on this blog later on today... The battle between the government, the financial sector, and the public interest over banking reform reached a pivotal moment today with the release by the Independent Commission on Banking's interim report. With [...]
Positive Money Marching for the Real Alternative on Saturday – Banking Reform!
23 March, 2011This Saturday we'll be turning out for the massive anti-cuts demonstrations planned by the TUC. London is likely to be a very busy place on Saturday, so we're suggesting that we meet at 11am outside Reed, next to Chancery Lane Tube station - around an hour before the actual march, to meet and greet each [...]
'Inside Job' – Film Review
8 March, 2011I watched Charles Ferguson’s excellent documentary “Inside Job” for the second time yesterday. It’s a masterful polemic exploring the series of bad decisions, deregulation and ideological economics that led to the financial crisis. Covering the rise of derivatives, moral hazard, revolving doors, questionable ratings, dodgy academic conflicts of interest, subprime mortgages, the severity of the [...]