Slavery strikes us as abhorrent as well as illegal, it is seen as the very essence of man’s inhumanity to man. However, not many life times …
Poverty, Debt and Inequality
Why our monetary system contributes to the gap between rich and poor
We have a monetary system in which loans create money and repayments destroy money. So at any one time the amount of money in the …
People & Money – The real problem is to not act
In the last few months, I contemplated the idea of organising an event in Leicester about Money and the financial system. I first started by …
George Osborne misses the real debt problem
The autumn statement given this morning by the UK's chancellor (finance minister) had the standard focus on the government's debts whilst …
Nine million in ‘serious’ debt across the UK
Nearly nine million people across the UK are living with serious debt problems, according to a new report by The Money Advice Service …
Soaring UK personal debt wreaking havoc with mental health, report warns (The Guardian)
Poorer people are "bearing the brunt of a storm" during which average household debt has risen to £54,000 – nearly double what it was a …
Our money system guarantees that inequality will get worse – Here is the evidence
The gap between the very richest and the rest of us has increased continuously over the last thirty years. Did you know that top 10% of …
We’ll never have it so good again?
The middle classes can no longer afford the houses and schools that their parents did – and the future looks even more squeezed for their …
Wealth inequality in the UK (video)
Inequality is at its highest point in Britain for 50 years. The gap between rich and poor is the widest since the second world war. Watch …