Throughout history, Public Money Creation has been the norm, rather than the exception. What can we learn from money creation by the former …
Understanding Money & Debt
Bank robbery as part of a system
‘Bank Robbery’ is not a book about how to rob a bank, it’s about how banks rob us; not primarily for their own benefit, but as …
Yes, there is a “magic money tree”
There was a big buzz on Twitter this week, when this video of Zoe Williams, a Guardian columnist, claiming that "Obviously there is a money …
Overt Monetary Financing – dangerous drug or miracle medicine? (Lord Adair Turner)
On 7th September 2015 Positive Money hosted an event " Making Money Work: can innovations in monetary policy promote long-term prosperity?", …
Survey confirms: People have no idea about how money is created
Interesting news from our sister organisation MoMo in Switzerland: The survey results from a master’s thesis from the Institute of Finance …
Reform 101: Why do we want to redefine money? (Post 1)
There are a number of problems with our current monetary system, in which the vast majority of money is created by banks, when they make …
Why don’t economists understand the needs of ordinary people? (QE for the people)
Listen to the 2nd part of the new show on Bradford Community Broadcasting 106.6FM radio "Why don’t economists…” , presented by Marie …
Helicopter money: setting the tale straight (A response to the Bank of England’s Underground blog)
In his August 5th post at Bank Underground ("a blog for the Bank of England's staff to share views that challenge - or support - prevailing …
Socialism for the rich (Drawbacks of our current money system)
Private money creation: from crisis to crisis There are many reasons to change the current money system. To begin with, the current …