Financial Times: Strip private banks of their power to create money

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Ethical Markets fully supports Positive Money .  Congratulations on this breakthrough into mainstream media – Hazel Henderson, Editor Another major breakthrough in the monetary reform debate!   Fantastic news: The debate on money reform goes mainstream! Last week has the leading UK economics commentator, the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf, argued that “the …

The Trillion Dollar Coin: Joke or Game-changer?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

We agree with lawyer Ellen Brown, president of the Public Banking Institute, in this important article.  — Hazel Henderson, Editor The Trillion Dollar Coin: Joke or Game-Changer? By Ellen Brown, author, Web of Debt The trillion dollar coin actually represents one of the most important principles of popular prosperity ever …

Public Banking Revolution Continues!

kristyGreen Prosperity, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

PBI Newsletter, Issue: # 011 February 28th, 2012 Welcome to the PBI Newsletter, February Edition Greetings! With the addition of new bills introduced in the legislatures of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Idaho, the total number of states that have considered, or are considering, a state bank or a study for …

Cathy O’Neil: Economists Don’t Understand the Financial System (Quelle Surprise!)

kristyBeyond GDP

Cathy O’Neil: Economists Don’t Understand the Financial System (Quelle Surprise!) Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:55 AM PST By Cathy O’Neil, a data scientist who lives in New York City and writes at mathbabe.org A bit more than a week ago I went to a panel discussion at the Met about …