The Banking Commission is tasked with figuring out how to reform the UK banking sector. In April we reported on the wash-out that was their …
Independent Commission on Banking
You Can't Solve the Debt Crisis with More Debt
Here`s a simple fact that we need to bear in mind as the financial crisis continues: We cannot solve a debt crisis by adding more …
NEF's Response to the Vicker's Commission
Josh Ryan-Collins, one of the co-authors of our submission to the Independent Commission on Banking, has written on the NEF blog about the …
Article at Liberal Conspiracy from Positive Money on the ICB report
Below is an article on the Liberal Conspiracy website from Positive Money. Expect an in-depth analysis on this blog later on …
Independent Commission on Banking Release Responses
The government's Independent Commission on Banking have just published a summary of all the submissions they received, along with the …
Independent Banking Commission offers Disappointing Half-Time Report
John Vickers, Chairman of the Independent Banking Commission gave a half-time report on Saturday 22nd January. Overall it’s not very …
Robert Peston Discovers the Root of the Problem
On Tuesday evening, a major step forward was made. Robert Peston, the famous BBC presenter on everything to do with finance, actually used …
Positive Money’s Submission to the Independent Banking Commission
Positive Money, nef (the new economics foundation), and Professor Richard Werner of the University of Southampton, have just made a joint …
Martin Wolf: Money out of Nothing
A couple of weeks ago, I took issue with Martin Wolf's claim in the Financial Times that fractional reserve banking is a product of market …