“Fundamental reform of the monetary system must be considered.” Says head of Iceland Parliament’s Committee for Economic …
Financial Crisis, Global Situation
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 …
The Grexit Proposal
It is no secret that tensions are high between Greece, Germany, the Troika, and the rest of Eurozone creditors. There is a lot of …
Prominent Economists Who Advocate a Different Type of Quantitative Easing
Both John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman proposed a style of Quantitative Easing (QE) that was aimed at the real economy. In effect they …
Promises, Promises: A History of Debt (BBC Radio)
Anthropologist David Graeber has explored the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years in the BBC Radio 4 Series. Here you can …
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 …
What is the Greek finance minister asking for?
Recent events in Europe have stolen much of the limelight in global financial and business news. Signs of deflation, decreasing oil prices, …
Croatia to write off debt for the poorest
Croatia has recently announced a new, fairly unorthodox strategy to help some of its poorest citizens. The country, as many others, has been …