Bank of England governor foresees monetary reform and puts forward Positive Money proposal as possible solution In August the outgoing …
Options for Banking Reform
Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money, Part 3: Shadow Banking
As part of our series of blogs examining the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money’s proposals, this guest post by …
RBS 2018 results: Positive Money comment
Responding to RBS' 2018 results, which show profits doubling to £1.62bn, and a £977 dividend payment to the government, Fran Boait executive …
Only one in ten Britons support government’s RBS strategy
Fewer than one in 10 believe that the Government should sell its stake in RBS in the near future Most Britons don’t believe a …
Making RBS work in the public interest
This blog originally appeared on Left Foot Forward. As RBS bosses yesterday sat down to their AGM with a plan to speed up the bank’s …
Escaping Growth Dependency, one step at a time
[Technical read.] Positive Money’s report Escaping Growth Dependency, published in early 2018, drew a link between the current …
Should credit be guided? (IIPP)
This blog was originally posted on the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose blog, hosted on Medium. In academic and policy …
Could a central bank digital currency halt the privatisation of our money?
Over the past few days top policymakers from the IMF, ECB and Bank of England have addressed the prospect of a central bank digital …
Ending the Fiscal-Monetary Tug-o-War (NEF and IIPP)
The UK’s two most influential economic institutions are pulling in opposite directions. History suggests it’s time for the Treasury to take …