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| Formation | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | Economic justice, democracy |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Region served | United Kingdom |
| Executive Director | Fran Boait |
| Affiliations | Finance Watch |
| Staff | 15 (2017) |
| Website | www.positivemoney.org |
Positive Money is a UK based not-for-profit organisation that campaigns for various monetary reforms.
Premise and history
Positive Money was founded by Ben Dyson in 2010. Its Executive Director is Fran Boait, the prospective parliamentary candidate of the Labour Party for Gloucester in the 2022 general election.
In August 2016, members of the organisation gathered in front of the Bank of England to protest against quantitative easing.
Policy ideas and proposals
Positive Money advocates a single proposal (the "sovereign money" plan).
See also
- Currency Wars
- Full-reserve banking
- List of monetary reformers
- Monetary reform
- Monetary reform in Britain
- Money creation
- People's Quantitative Easing
References
- Fran Boait, "Monetary policy has an enormous impact on politics. It's time for a radical rethink", The Guardian, 12 October 2016 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
- "Making money and banking work for society". positivemoney.org. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- Jason Douglas, "UK activist group emerges as voice for monetary reform", The Wall Street Journal, 19 August 2015 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
- Glaser, Eliane. "Nation-states aren't households: debating their economies as if they are is stupid". New Statesman.
- Jason Hickel, "To deal with climate change we need a new financial system", The Guardian, 5 November 2016 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
- Chrispin, Sebastian. "Reality Check: Could the Greens change how money works?". BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016.
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- Falconer, Ben (17 December 2017). "Labour chooses new candidate to fight for Gloucester seat". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Stilliard, Ed (30 January 2018). "How this woman plans to become Gloucester's next MP". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Hamilton, Scott. "Bank of England Told Bond-Buying Won't Work by Protest Group". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- "Sovereign Money: An Introduction - Positive Money". positivemoney.org. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- Template:De icon Daniel Eckert, "Der Krieg um das sichere Geld der Zukunft", Die Welt, 12 January 2014 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
External links
- Official website
- International Movement for Monetary Reform
- Sovereign Money Initiative (Switzerland)
- "Where Does Money Come From"
