The world has changed, the syllabus hasn't – is it time to do something about it? The Post-Crash Economics Society is campaigning for the …
Bank of England & QE
Only the ignorant live in fear of hyperinflation
Failure to understand the monetary system has made it more difficult for central banks to act, reads Financial Times on 10th April 2014 in …
Bitcoin’s 3 Fatal Design Flaws
This Saturday I'm giving a talk in a panel debate on Bitcoin at the O2. I've been asked to be the critic of an alternative currency that …
How to Fuel the Economy Without Increasing Debt, through Sovereign Money (Videos)
Ben Dyson, Founder of Positive Money, presented at the Positive Money 2014 conference the Sovereign Money Creation proposal. This proposal …
Creating Money – What Purpose? Adair Turner’s Latest Speech
On Friday 21st I saw Lord Adair Turner speaking at a high-profile conference at the London School of Economics. The title was simply …
Can central banks really control money creation? (Video)
Last week the Bank of England has published papers explaining how "the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial …
The Bank of England dismisses the ‘money multiplier’ theory
The Bank of England has just published probably the most accurate and clear accounts of how the modern monetary system works ever written by …
It’s official! Economics students are being misinformed, says Bank of England
Since at least the 1960s, central bankers have, in their ones and twos, been quietly airing the message through ill-reported speeches and …
Positive Money’s Chief Economist leaves as Bank of England now knows where money comes from
Shortly after launching the Positive Money campaign in mid-2010, we got a call from the producer of a television documentary, asking for an …