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Who are the Prominent Policy Makers Thinking About Different Types of QE?
In a recent post Positive Money showed that there is a strong intellectual body of history behind the various alternative proposals for QE. …
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 …
Economic Myth and Transformation
Here's an English translation of an article by our supporter in Greece, financial analyst Jason Ghionis, published in the Efsyn newspaper on …
Bank Robbery: Economists and the Banking System (part 2: Adam Smith, some early Americans, and Friedrich List)
Chapter 5 (Read the Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4) This chapter is about economics in transition. Economics means …
Adair Turner’s New Book: Between Debt and the Devil
Adair Turner became the chairman of the UK’s Financial Services Authority the day after Lehman Brothers collapsed. He was one of the most …
When Entire Economies are Held Hostage
The recent dramatic events surrounding the Greek debt crisis had many of us on the edge of our seats as we witnessed history unfolding …
Shadow Chancellor should look again at the case for strategic QE
The Labour Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie has been making waves this morning with his criticism of leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn’s plan …
Bank Robbery: Economists and the Banking System (from Medieval times to Adam Smith)
Chapter 4 (Read the Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3) 1. From Medieval times to Adam Smith Over the years, many economists have noticed …