Under the current monetary system customer deposits provide banks with a cheap source of central bank reserves, which are required to make …
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9 Benefits of Switching to a Sovereign Money system
The power to create money, in the hands of commercial banks, has been highlighted as one of the root causes of both the Great Depression of …
Building a movement for change – Video from Positive Money Conference 2014
“Change will happen when expert opinion and public opinion coincide” Fran Boait, Positive Money's Executive Director speaking at the …
The Extraenvironmentalist discusses money with Ben Dyson (podcast)
Critics of quantitative easing highlight the absurdity of creating money from nothing to paper over terrible investment decisions. Yet, what …
Will Green Party in Ireland pass full reserve banking motion?
After the Green Parties of England and Wales adopted a monetary policy very similar to Positive Money's proposals, our sister organisation …
How to fix the creation of money?
It seems clear that our banking system is fundamentally dysfunctional, yet for all the millions of words of analysis in the press and …
Enough is enough (Full Film)
We’re overusing the earth’s finite resources, and yet excessive consumption is failing to improve our lives. "Enough Is Enough" lays out a …
Green Party: “The power to create money must be removed from private banks”
After the Green Party of England and Wales has passed a Monetary and Banking Reform Motion at their conference in September 2013, now they …
Soaring UK personal debt wreaking havoc with mental health, report warns (The Guardian)
Poorer people are "bearing the brunt of a storm" during which average household debt has risen to £54,000 – nearly double what it was a …