Bank of England talks about money creation for the first time

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

We have some seriously big news to announce!  1) Huge milestone in our campaign When we launched the Positive Money campaign 3 and half years ago and started talking about the fact that banks create money, we were faced with disbelief and shock. A common response was: ‘I don’t believe you. I …

PositiveMoney: The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  The gap between the very richest and the rest of us has increased continuously over the last thirty years. Did you know that top 10% of population earns on average 6 times more than the bottom 90%? Many factors contribute to this growing gap, but one of the most significant is least understood: the …

Positive Money: How about something truly radical?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

 

What is Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

At last , the truth about money-creation is coming to light , as we  also  show in our TV program “THE MONEY FIX”   at www.ethicalmarkets.tv  !   – – Hazel Henderson, Editor What is Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”? By Dale Pierce. Cross posted from New Economic Perspectives Modern Monetary Theory …

Lord Adair Turner on Money Creation and Banks

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  Lecture, Cass Business School, February 6, 2013   At a lecture at London’s Cass Business School, Lord Adair Turner broke ranks and called for an end to allowing private banks to create the nation’s money: instead, turning this vital function over to the government as money-creator.  Turner proposed that governments …

Recession, Sustainability & Money: The Hidden Variable

kristyReforming Global Finance, Articles by Hazel Henderson

We can avoid future recessions by shifting the money paradigm from greed to good. By Hazel Henderson Recession to Austerity To More Recession The recession imposed by the financial debacle of 2007-2009 still plagues the world. The deeper reason lies in the murky secrets of money-creation and how financial sleight-of-hand …

97% Owned – Monetary Reform documentary

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, Advisors' Forum

We at Ethical Markets agree with this analysis and the sensible monetary reforms suggested, including by Ann Pettifor, our Advisory Board member. —  Hazel Henderson, Editor 97% Owned – Monetary Reform documentary This is the first documentary to tackle the issue of monetary reform from a UK-perspective.  The documentary explains …

Sustainable Money

kristyReforming Global Finance, Ethical Markets Review

Ethical Markets Review publishes this highly-original, carefully researched paper by renowned Brazilian physicist-mathematician-technology assessor and cultural critic, Rose Marie Muraro, as a contribution to the widening debate on how to re-design money creation and credit allocation. Author of many books, Muraro was made an Honorary Citizen of the City of …

Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar)

kristyReforming Global Finance

AMERICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE PO BOX 601, VALATIE, NY 12184 Tel. 518-392-5387, [email protected] http://www.monetary.org Stephen Zarlenga, Director Friday, September 3, 2010 U.S. Green Party National Committee Approves Monetary Reform Plank: Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar) While the banking reforms outlined in the above 12 points …