According to Guardian, 15th July: In Europe, a chronic lack of co-ordinated action early in the financial crisis means the very survival of …
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How QE Delivered a Triple-Whammy of Profits to the Banks
The global quantitative easing (QE) programme has fuelled a commodities boom that has delivered banks a triple-whammy of profit …
What is Money
Wikipedia’s definition of Money[i] Money is any object that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts …
Osborne's Budget – A Critique (Guest Post by Ronald Rankin)
Ronald Rankin writes with the following critical review of George Osborne's budget. Note that these are Ron's views, and don't necessarily …
No solutions on BBC2: Are Britain's banks too big to save?
(Guest Post by Richard Boulton) "Are Britain's banks too big to save?" was the question Robert Peston set himself in his investigation last …
Positive Money's Student Conference
After a long and demanding weekend of incredibly interesting presentations from our speakers I'm glad to say our first conference, Banking …
Independent Commission on Banking Considers Real Monetary Reform
Another significant point in history happened on Friday 24th September. The Independent Commission on banking released a report containing …
Douglas Carswell MP Introduces Bill to Stop Fractional Reserve Banking
A significant point in history happened at about 1.30pm this afternoon. Douglas Carswell MP announced a bill that would end fractional …