On Thursday 2nd November, the Bank of England was supposed to announce its decision on raising interest rates. Wages aren’t keeping up …
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Simon Youel
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Magic Money Tree
The UK economy is hooked on rising asset prices. What happens when the bubble bursts?
UK household real wages have just experienced their worst decade since the 1860s, and are still falling. A concern is building that a …
Out of the Darkness: Can a reformed financial system solve the world’s biggest problems? (Video)
It has been 10 years since the financial crash of 2007-8 and the dysfunction of our banking system is finally under scrutiny. A recent event …
Prof Steve Keen
Rising asset prices are keeping the UK economy afloat. But what will happen when they pop?
The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) - the government’s fiscal watchdog – has released a ‘Fiscal Risk Report’. Positive Money welcomes …
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 …