CBDC: A solution in search of a fair hearing?
14 January 2022
January 14, 2022 A new report from the House of Lords on central bank digital currency (CBDC) shows that politicians still don’t understand the problems with our monetary system. On Thursday the House …
12 Days of Cash: Christmas 2021 Series
6 January 2022
January 6, 2022 You may have been following our social media series the #12DaysofCash over the Christmas period. If so, you’ll know that cash is under attack on two fronts: banks are making it harder …
12 highlights of 2021
21 December 2021
December 21, 2021 A step towards a greener economy In March, together we helped win a historic new ‘green’ mandate for the Bank of England. This means it must now work towards sustainability and net-z …
Are price controls the solution to inflation woes?
17 December 2021
December 17, 2021 Increasing the price of money through higher interest rates would be a crude and potentially damaging way of dealing with inflation, especially when it is being driven by huge rises …
Bank of England told to restrict fossil finance ahead of Financial Stability Report
13 December 2021
London, 13th December 2021 Climate campaigners gathered outside the Bank of England today to demand that policymakers introduce restrictions on UK banks’ investments in fossil fuels, ahead of this aft …