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Search Results for: a history of public money
Bank Robbery: How would money (and the world) be different after reform?
Although ‘pure’ (sovereign) money would seem pretty much the same to people using it, it would behave differently from bank-money in a …
Bank Robbery: How the money system makes some rich, others poor
Banks create new money in massive amounts – always as debt. How does this work towards making financial predators rich and productive …
Bank Robbery: Why are banks allowed to create money?
Imagine a world where huge amounts of money are created out of nothing for private profit and destroyed again once profit is taken, so that …
Review of “The Production of Money: How to Break the Power of Bankers”
Summary Ann Pettifor’s new book, The Production of Money, is an excellent contribution to the growing body of thought exposing mainstream, …
Helicopter money and basic income: friends or foes?
Spurred by Milton Friedman, the concept of “helicopter money” – under which central banks would distribute money to citizens – is making …
Prime Economics: “Academics and civil society clash on money”
Geoff Tily has some interesting and balanced analysis on the academic debate around money reform, in particular the debate between Giuseppe …
Secrets, Ignorance and Lies: Money, Credit and Debt
“The tyranny of fraud is not less oppressive than that of force.” John Taylor of Caroline, Virginia, 1814 Chapter …
Prominent Economists who advocate Public Money Creation – Summary
Earlier in the year, Positive Money showed that there is a strong intellectual history behind the idea of Public Money Creation. We argued …