Throughout history, governments have used their ability to create money to fund public spending. While none of these policies were called, …
QE for people / Helicopter money
People’s Quantitative Easing. What on earth is it?
People’s Quantitative Easing, or PQE for short. What on earth is it? As it’s QE for the people in particular, shouldn’t the people know how …
Radical New Central-Bank Thinking? The Case for Monetary Finance (by Adair Turner)
The International Monetary Fund has held its sixteenth annual Jacques Polak Research Conference on 5-6 November 2015. The …
Can public money creation work? Some answers from Canadian history
The theoretical and policy arguments for monetary reform are becoming more accepted by economists and establishment figures. The …
People’s quantitative easing – isn’t it just printing money? (Podcast)
Listen to the this Weekly Economics Podcast with Fran Boait, Director of Positive Money, talking about People's Quantitative Easing. Why is …
Cash for Citizens
Translation of the original German article on helicopter money by Michaël Malquarti, senior vice-president at Geneva-based SYZ Asset …
The Interest Rate Dilemma: Financial Crisis Either Way???
An awkward stand off has emerged amongst some of the World’s leading monetary policy-makers. On the one hand, the IMF has warned central …
Come on Mario. I only need a few thousand euros.
The main Dutch financial newspaper FD published recently an excellent article on People's QE written by Marcel de Boer. Here's a translation …
Yanis Varoufakis & Olivier Blanchard: In Favour of People’s Quantitative Easing
Two of Europe’s most renowned economists have recently come out in favour of exploring some form of People’s Quantitative Easing. Former …