Death by Debt
28 August, 2012Given that the debt crisis has caused a near doubling of suicide rates in Greece and resulted in tens of millions more people below the poverty line, perhaps we should have a better understanding about debt and why there is so much of it. As a child I was one of those annoying kids who [...]
Misconceptions of Positive Money's Proposals
25 January, 2012There appears to be a certain degree of misconception out there about positive money’s proposals. I have been told by someone quite knowledgeable in the field that positive money’s proposals involve going back to the gold standard which I am pretty sure is not the case. The following link is to 2 posts about positive [...]
Why Positive Money only has 3153 Facebook likes
15 November, 2011Why when the news is full of stories of debt and austerity is it still so tricky to get Positive Money’s message across? I have spent six years of my life as a teacher which has given me plenty opportunity to practice explaining unfamiliar concepts to people. However, explaining and getting people interested in monetary [...]
The Story of the Community with No Money
24 October, 2011Imagine you live in a community with no money and you make furniture for living. Every time you want to buy something you need to exchange an appropriate amount of furniture directly or indirectly for those goods. This has a number of obvious problems. A Mr B comes along and says he has the solution. [...]