Some economists and commentators have claimed that Positive Money’s proposals for a sovereign money system, in which banks are not permitted …
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Should we accept the world’s banks can do what they like? (BBC World Service)
Barclays Bank have been criticised for cutting between 10,000 and 12,000 jobs on the same day it announced it was increasing the total paid …
Would Positive Money reform lead to a reduction in credit available to businesses?
One of the really common concerns that comes up regarding the Positive Money system is that it would lead to a reduction in credit available …
SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery (Report)
By fuelling our economy through ever-rising levels of household debt, we are repeating the mistakes that led to the 2007-08 financial …
Sovereign Money Creation vs Modernising Money
We've just released our new report, Sovereign Money: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Recovery, which explains why the current debt-fuelled …
Lord Turner about Credit, Money and Leverage (Video)
Lord Adair Turner, former Chairman of the Financial Services Authority made an excellent speech entitled "Credit, Money and Leverage: What …
The Grassroots Reinvention of Money Part 2
Money and Unmoney This is the 2nd part of the series The Grassroots Reinvention of Money. You can read the 1st part here. The advent of …
The Grassroots Reinvention of Money Part 1
Digital Cash Changes Everything Our money itself is broken. Whether we’re talking about the UK, the US, or anywhere else in the …
Do we really want house prices to go up again? BBC analysis skirts the key issues again
Today there has been a big buzz around the fact that house prices are on their way up again. But is this a good thing? Many …