We are hiring: Lead Organiser
6 May, 2016Since 2010 Positive Money has been raising awareness about how the money system works and the detrimental impact it has on society - alongside campaigning for fundamental reform. Building a grassroots movement has always been a crucial part of our work. We have an active network of local groups and activists across the UK [...]
Is our money and banking system working in the public interest? (Video)
16 April, 2016On Monday 7th September 2015, Positive Money hosted a high-level panel discussion, “Making Money Work”, with Lord Adair Turner, Professor Steve Keen (Kingston University) and Chris Giles (Financial Times) in Central Hall Westminster. It was the biggest event on monetary financing that has ever taken place. Watch the highlights here: Or you can watch the [...]
Money creation and sustainable development
6 April, 2016In the previous blog posts we discussed why a new financial system is needed and what the alternative, a system in which the state is responsible for money creation, would look like. Also, the different ways were reviewed in which the newly created money is to be channelled into the economy. Distinction was made between expenditures [...]
The Central Bank of Iceland welcomes the monetary reform resolution
1 April, 2016In February we’ve reported here on the great news from Iceland that the Monetary Reform resolution, calling for the establishment of a special commission to “carry out a review of the arrangements of money creation in Iceland and to make recommendations for improvements”, was put on the parliament’s agenda. Since then reviews by several organisations and [...]
Positive Money stall at the Green Party conference NI
24 March, 2016Report by James McCumiskey: The Green Party Conference took place on Saturday February 27th at the Clayton Hotel on Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. Marian Farrell and James McCumiskey attended on behalf of Positive Money Northern Ireland. Dora Meade from Positive Money London kindly sent out a stall-pack, which included a purple plastic table-cloth, a banner, loads of [...]
Is money at the root of today’s big problems?
17 March, 2016A report by Efa Wulle: After hearing about Positive Money, some peace campaigners and Quakers in north Wales felt that the banking system had to be addressed if any progress on alleviating growing inequality is to be made. So, we got Bangor University’s Debating Society on board and organised an event of the 3rd March entitled: [...]
We really, really need to talk about money
11 March, 2016Dora Meade, the Lead Organiser at Positive Money, on finding out how money is really created and why we prefer not to talk about it. The article was published originally on the new website Ecnmy, that's on a mission to change the way we feel about economics. A few years ago, while in a previous job, I invited people [...]
Let’s strengthen the international money reform movement!
4 March, 2016Positive Money has never been a lone voice. Around the world, many people are arguing that the broken money system lies at the heart of the problems we face. Divided we are weak. We need to work together to bring about a money and banking system that works in the interest of society. So, In 2013 [...]
International Movement for Monetary Reform gathers momentum
2 March, 2016Two weeks ago 34 monetary reform activists, from Iceland to South Africa, got together in Brussels for a training organised by Positive Money. In 2013, Positive Money initiated the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR) having realised there were groups across the world calling for sovereign money. In 2013, fifteen countries got involved. Three years [...]