Quantitative easing “turbocharges” inequality: our evidence to the House of Lords
19 February 2021
19 Feb Giving evidence to the House of Lords’ Economic Affairs Committee, Positive Money’s Fran Boait told members that since the financial crash, the Bank of England’s money creation programme has “t …
Surprise for Sunak: 60,000 demand climate action on frontpage of his local paper
12 February 2021
February 12, 2021 Rishi Sunak woke up to a big surprise this morning: a full page advert demanding he stop bankers funding the climate crisis splashed across his local newspaper. If you’re on T …
QE or not to QE? Soaring inequality shows it’s time for a new macroeconomic approach
11 February 2021
February 11, 2021 If you just looked at property and financial markets, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we weren’t in the midst of a global pandemic which has left millions unemployed and l …
Update from Chair of the Board on Interim Leadership
3 February 2021
February 3, 2021 Fran Boait, our Executive Director, is going on maternity leave this week. We wish her and her growing family a safe and happy year ahead. 2021 is an important year for Positive Money …
Why GameStop reveals the flaws of big finance
3 February 2021
February 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 thei …