The kind of proposals that we’re advocating are neither left wing nor right wing. They get support from both sides of the …
Options for Banking Reform
Heart Transplant for our Ailing Economy
In the spring, the Banking Commission published its interim report. So what will it achieve? Not much it seems, and the banks are …
Bank Regulation’s Capital Mistake
Following is an extract from an excellent article published on the website www.project-syndicate.org Imagine that the arguments triggered by …
Debt-driven Growth
The following is an extract from the highly recommended The Grip of Death by Michael Rowbotham. If you haven't read it already, you …
Podcast: The "Magic Box" of Money Creation
In this podcast the filmmaker Mike Freedman talks to Positive Money's Ben Curtis and Ben Dyson about the way money is created, how it …
Bank of England Votes to Hold Interest Rates
Bank of England policymakers remain split on rates, according to the BBC on 18th May 2011 "Bank of England policymakers voted six to three …
What a Functional Banking System Looks Like – Tony Greenham of NEF
Last month, the Independent Commission on Banking released its interim report. Many of the recommendations were welcome, but unless the …
A short endorsement from Herman Daly for Full Reserve Banking
In an upcoming feature length documentary by Mike Freedman, "Critical Mass", American ecological economist Herman Daly, founding member of …
Lib-Dem Conference: Banking Reforms Not Enough
Peter Verity reports from the Lib Dem Spring conference in Sheffield: The Liberal-Democrat conference has said that government banking …