Stanislas Jourdan
Helicopter money and basic income: friends or foes?
30 March, 2017Spurred by Milton Friedman, the concept of “helicopter money” – under which central banks would distribute money to citizens – is making headway in economic debate, but is often confused with the idea of basic income. This article intends to … Continue reading
KPMG Iceland presents new report on Sovereign Money
6 September, 2016This article was originally published on the International Movement for Monetary Reform website. On September 5th, the consulting company KPMG released a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister of Iceland aiming to clarify the main features of a sovereign money system … Continue reading
Helicopter money: a foot in the door for monetary reform?
13 May, 2016Last year, Positive Money launched Quantitative Easing for People, a campaign in the eurozone. QE for People has been bringing together civil society organisations who agree the European Central Bank’s programme of QE is failing. Since QE started, 720 billion euros … Continue reading
Dutch Parliament Adopted Motions to Investigate Money Creation
31 March, 2016On March 16th, the Dutch Parliament’s plenary assembly discussed the possibility of transitioning towards a sovereign monetary system and adopted two motions committing the government to carry out further research. About one year ago, more than 100,000 Dutch people signed … Continue reading
Dutch Parliament Hearing about Money Creation Sparks Debate
13 January, 2016Positive Money’s Dutch sister organisation Ons Geld (Our Money) launched an initiative on the creation of money in January 2015. On April 21st 2015, due to its enormous success in such a short period of time, the citizens' initiative was submitted … Continue reading
International training for organisers of monetary reform campaigns
9 December, 2015Positive Money is hosting a four days international training for organisers of monetary reform campaigns from Europe and beyond. The session will take place in Brussels from 18th - 22nd February, 2016. This training is targeted at people outside UK … Continue reading
Swiss citizens’ initiative collects 105,000 signatures, triggers referendum on Money Creation
5 November, 2015The Swiss population will be the first in the world to vote on their banking and monetary system, thanks to the tireless efforts of a pro-Sovereign Money campaign. The “Vollgeld Initiative” (Sovereign Money Initiative) has successfully managed to collect 100,000 signatures … Continue reading
Iceland: Members of Parliament are calling for a Money Commission
6 October, 2015Members of the Icelandic Parliament have submitted a motion to review Iceland’s monetary system and look at alternative monetary systems. Last week, a resolution calling for the establishment of a special commission to “carry out a review of the arrangements … Continue reading
Mario Draghi is open to considering helicopter money
6 October, 2015Legal research should be conducted to check whether ‘helicopter money’ would be legally feasible in the Eurozone, said the President of the European Central Bank addressing a question from a Member of the European Parliament.) On September 23rd 2015 Mario … Continue reading