A recent blog by Frances Coppola describes full-reserve banking as ‘the largest bank bailout in history’. In the interests of mutual …
Options for Banking Reform
Sir Mervyn King: Banks Create Money
Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, in the recent speech to the South Wales Chamber of Commerce at The Millenium Centre, …
Very Deep Crisis & Chances of Recovery
The UK economy is "in a very deep crisis", Business Secretary Vince Cable has told the BBC. He said predicting when the economy would …
Major German Newspapers on Full Reserve Banking
The second largest newspaper in Germany Die Sueddeutsche Zeitung recently published an article entitled: "The measures against the banking …
Solution to the Financial Crisis: Full Reserve Banking
‘Full-reserve banking’ is a proposal that can end the recession, reduce personal and national debt, reduce inequality, and ensure that toxic …
IMF Working Paper Offers Support for Full Reserve Banking
We've been in a state of mild shock since Saturday, after discovering strong support for full reserve banking from a working paper by …
Reverse Auctions – a Mechanism for Flexibility of Publicly Issued Money
One of the principal criticisms of a debt-free, publicly issued money supply is that it is inflexible and incapable of responding to rapid …
Michael Meacher MP: Key Reform is Regaining Public Control of Money Creation
Michael Meacher, who spoke at our annual conference last October (video below), has written an excellent article on Ed Miliband's latest …
Paul Moore on the Ethics of Banking
A recent article by the "HBOS Whistleblower" Paul Moore talks about the ethics of banking. Paul did an interview with Positive Money back in …