It might seem strange to ask the question "do banks lend money?" (although perhaps not to readers of this blog!) After all, we are …
Understanding Money & Debt
Brilliant Historical Charts and Discussion of Debt and Fractional Reserve Banking
Following is a wonderful conversation between financial journalist Kate Welling and economist Lacy Hunt. Some of you might find this …
Fixing Our Broken Economy
Explaining the Positive Money proposals is not always straightforward – to do it thoroughly you need to explain how banking works, …
We deserve a financial system which we can understand
Anyone attempting to explain the workings of the present financial system to the friends and relatives who are its victims tends …
Reducing Debt by Educating about Banking
A new website for education in Money Reform was launched: The James Gibb Stuart Trust is an educational charity, established in …
The Cause of the Slump is Still Misunderstood, Michael Meacher MP
The debt deflation forces are far larger today even than those that caused the Great Depression in the 1930s, writes Michael …
Contagion?… Armageddon?… Why?
Big companies go bust every now and then, and in the process some of their smaller suppliers may go bust too. But the cascade/wave of …
A Revisionist Critique of Fractional Reserve Banking
The conventional account of fractional reserve banking describes how bankers originally accepted precious-metal coined money …
If the Solution Is So Simple, Why Is It Not Being Done?
Hi Positive Money UK, I was wondering, if one of the solutions is to simply issue debt-free money, why is it not being done?! It's been more …