In a letter to the Financial Times, 19 economists sign a call for the ECB to inject QE money directly into the real economy, either through …
Bank of England & QE
A mistaken estimate of what QE can do? (A response to John Hearn, IFS)
In a recent letter to the FT, 19 prominent economists suggested that there were better ways to boost the Eurozone economy and employment …
Better ways to boost eurozone economy and employment (FT)
It is time for the European Central Bank and eurozone central banks to bypass the financial system and work with governments to inject newly …
More investment in infrastructure without any increase in borrowing or taxes
The Director General of Britain’s primary business lobby group, Confederation of Business Industry CBI, says that the next …
Bank of England asks fundamental questions about the future of money
The Bank of England has set up a new research hub, called "One Bank Research", which is tasked with looking at some of the fundamental …
There is an elephant in the room at this election
There is an elephant in the room at the next election that no one will name. It’s not austerity, although it is closely related to it. The …
A new era for monetary policy – Event with Adair Turner (Video)
On October 7th 2014, we hosted thirty economic thinkers from civil society, trade unions, business, academia, politics, and policy attended …
Transforming Finance – priorities for the next Parliament
The 2015 general election will take place nearly seven years after the financial crisis of 2008, yet the root causes of the crisis have …
Why central banks perform worse than they could, and why sovereign-money reform would help to perform much better
Central banks do in fact have some power, but much less than is commonly thought, writes Prof Joseph Huber in his new paper entitled …