Paul Krugman, the Nobel-prize* winning economist has written a commentary on Martin Wolf's article "Strip banks of their power to create …
Options for Banking Reform
The debate on money reform goes mainstream
Martin Wolf's recent article in the Financial Times has sparked a major debate in the mainstream media. The article discusses the …
“Strip private banks of their power to create money”: Financial Times’ Martin Wolf endorses Positive Money’s proposals for reform
[first]Positive Money's proposals have just been advocated by Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, in an …
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 …
Where money comes from and why it matters
Six years have passed since the financial crash of 2008. Since then there has been a parade of books explaining how it happened. We’ve …
A Scottish Currency? – 5 Lessons from the Design Flaws of Pound Sterling
In September 2014, Scotland will hold a referendum to decide whether to separate from the UK. A major question concerns which currency an …
Hair of the dog risks a bigger hangover for Britain (FT)
Does the UK have a sensible strategy for recovery? Just recall: the last time it tried the credit-expansion route to growth, it ended up in …
Adair Turner: Escaping The Addiction to Private Debt Is Essential for Long-Term Economic Stability
Financial reforms introduced since the crisis still have not addressed the fundamental driver of economic and financial instability – …
The Guardian: Change to UK’s money system could solve our long-term economic problems
Oh, at long last the monetary reform movement gets a long overdue platform in the Guardian. This is the biggest story out there right now - …