Economists calling for “QE for the people”

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

We at ethical markets agree and have also  called for more democratized  and future-focused  ways of  designing quantitative easing :  “ the trickle up “ approach  proposed by Milton Friedman  of just taking cash up  in helicopters and throwing it out the windows “  ( seriously supported  in FOREIGN AFFAIRS …

NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY: SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY:  SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery   Buy a hard copy for £6 plus shipping (60 pages – only 100 copies available) or Download PDF   By fuelling our economy through ever-rising levels of household debt, we are repeating the mistakes that led …

Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  by Ellen Brown Rather than expanding the money supply, quantitative easing (QE) has actually caused it to shrink by sucking up the collateral needed by the shadow banking system to create credit. The “failure” of QE has prompted the Bank for International Settlements to urge the Fed to shirk …

Clean Technica: “Fatbergs” In London Sewers To Be Transformed Into Electricity

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

“   Ethical Markets Agrees  with QE  for  Renewable Energy …much better than for toxic  mortgages  and bailing out stupid bankers  !   – Hazel Henderson, Editor  “ Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: “Fatbergs” In London Sewers To Be Transformed Into …

Money for the People: Grillo’s Populist Plan for Italy

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News, Advisors' Forum

Money for the People: Grillo’s Populist Plan for Italy   Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles March 7, 2013   Default on the public debt, nationalization of the banks, and a citizen dividend could actually save the Italian economy.   Comedian Beppe Grillo was surprised himself when his Five Star Movement got 8.7 …

Inequality, inequity, and the “simpleton’s god of free markets

kristyReforming Global Finance

Editor’s note — The following is a piece from a conversation between Per Kurwoski and Angus Cunningham. For background on Per Kurwoski and his perspective, watch his video “Basel’s Monstrous Regulatory Mistake. In your latest comment on an iMFdirect post, Per, you used the word “inequality”. Yet I wonder if …