Zack Livingstone
Positive Money at The World Transformed
9 December, 2022December 9, 2022 The Positive Money team attended The World Transformed in September to build connections, show solidarity, and encourage people to support our petition to Stop Rishi Sunak Deregulating the Banks. The Black-E theatre in Liverpool provided the central hub for The World Transformed (TWT) where we held a stall this year. The TWT [...]
#HotStrikeSummer: Why people are turning to unions to fight back against the cost of living crisis
19 August, 2022August 19, 2022 “Ask yourself, do you agree that women should have maternity leave? Do you agree that you need health and safety within the workplace? Do you agree that you should have sick pay? Do you agree that you should have holiday pay? And if it's yes, people stood on a picket to fight [...]
The Future Of Finance: Report Launch
13 July, 2022July 13, 2022 Positive Money’s latest report reveals the scale of the political power that big finance holds over our democracy, and puts forward recommendations to give a stronger voice to the public and civil society. The report also calls for fundamental reforms to the money and banking system, in order to align financial flows [...]
UK moves one step closer to CBDC with new Bank of England taskforce
7 May, 2021May 7, 2021 On April 19th, the UK government and the Bank of England announced they are setting up a Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce. This an important opportunity — if the Bank of England chose to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), it could be a big step towards a fairer money and [...]
Leaders and Laggards: Keeping score of green central banking in the G20
15 April, 2021April 15, 2021 The world’s biggest central banks and financial supervisors are all talk and no action on tackling the climate crisis. Positive Money’s latest report, The Green Central Banking Scorecard, evaluates and ranks G20 countries on their monetary and prudential authorities’ green policies and activities, and highlights the green policies they should use to [...]
Why GameStop reveals the flaws of big finance
3 February, 2021February 3, 2021 The financial establishment has been treating the stock market like a casino for decades, calling for free markets and deregulation. But the GameStop saga has forced them to show their true colours: they want a system they can control. GameStop, a high street games retailer that employs approximately 14,000 full-time and 20,000 [...]
Why negative interest rates won’t save us
13 October, 2020While the prospect of negative interest rates is hitting the headlines on a weekly basis, they’re simply the wrong choice - with limited impact and hidden risks. Instead, the Bank of England should be embracing more transformative monetary policy, and coordinating more closely with the Treasury to combat this covid-induced economic crisis. The Bank of [...]
Discussing Digital Public Money with the Bank of England
9 July, 2020In March 2020, the Bank of England published a new discussion paper on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - an important step towards an official launch. But the Bank’s paper lacks an answer to the most important question we have: will a CBDC be safe, fair and accessible for everyone? Read Positive Money's response to [...]
#10YearsOn all around the UK
20 September, 2018Alongside our rally outside the Bank of England, Positive Money Liverpool set up their own Financial Crime Scene outside their local HSBC and getting some great photos while they were at it. They also ran a #10YearsOn stall, handing out leaflets in the city centre, explaining what Positive Money is all about. Liverpool organiser John [...]