Public debate on monetary reform is on in the Netherlands. Increasingly, the focus is on the virtual euro. Last month Dutch NGO for monetary reform, Ons Geld, held a conference in Amsterdam. Over 600 attendees, among which Dutch and European ...read more.
A recent survey covering 20 countries concludes that only 20% of the population is aware that money creation is being largely managed by the private banking sector and 13% agrees this should be so. In contrast, nearly 59% would prefer that such ...read more.
The Swedish central bank recently announced it would investigate ways to introduce an electronic version of cash. If such money would be interest-free and debt-free just like notes and coins, it would greatly facilitate a transition towards a sovereign monetary ...read more.
The Swiss Government formally recommends voters reject the Sovereign Money Initiative which proposes to abolish the power of private banks to create money. Pro-monetary reform campaigners respond to unfounded criticisms. Article improved and edited with help from Emma Dawnay and Spencer ...read more.
A successful event on monetary reform was held in the Finnish Parliament, featuring valuable expert analysis of sovereign money and two endorsements from Finnish politicians for the QE4People initiative. After pushing the debate in the political scene, the Finnish movement ...read more.
On September 5th, the consulting company KPMG released a new report commissioned by the Prime Minister of Iceland aiming to clarify the main features of a sovereign money system as advocated by the IMMR. The launch event in Reykjavik featured a very supportive speech ...read more.
On March 16th, the Dutch Parliament’s plenary assembly discussed the possibility of transitioning towards a sovereign monetary system and adopted two motions committing the government to carry out further research. This article was originally published on Positive Money’s blog. About ...read more.
The resolution pushed by 11 members of Parliament to investigate the Icelandic monetary reform and consider the switch to a sovereign money system was put on the parliament’s agenda, with the consent from the central bank. This article was originally published on Positive Money’s ...read more.
Two weeks ago 34 monetary reform activists, from Iceland to South Africa, got together in Brussels for a training organised by Positive Money. In 2013, Positive Money initiated the International Movement for Monetary Reform (IMMR) having realised there were groups across ...read more.
The Federal Government of Switzerland has published a negative opinion on the citizens’ initiative proposing to prohibit money creation by private banks. Last November it was announced that the Swiss campaign for monetary reform Modernising Money (MoMo) had collected 111,819 signatures to support a referendum on ...read more.