Public Banking on the PBI Model: Why not?
By Joe Bongiovanni, The Money Apprentice & Howard Switzer, Co-Chair – GPUS Banking and Monetary Reform Committee. Both authors are active Members of the Alliance For Just Money. The following
Subsidies are Built Into the Existing Bank System
Ralph Musgrave. The reason private banks are subsidized stems from the basic nature of the existing and flawed monetary system: “fractional reserve banking” as it is sometimes called. For anyone
Making Money: The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism by Ole Bjerg—A Review and Recommendation
By Ben Rininger. Ole Bjerg’s 2014 book about the philosophy of money creation is a fantastic work; it is, in my opinion, a must-read for anyone curious about how money
The Transformational Approach to Pay for Huge COVID-19 and Climate Costs
Draft New York Times Op-Ed article. February 9, 2021. By Frans Verhagen. There are three approaches of paying for the enormous costs to combat the coronavirus-19 pandemic and the looming
Public and Safe Money . . . in Spanish
Miguel A. Fernández Ordóñez. An Introduction to Monetary Reform. There are very few books in Spanish that deal with bank money reform. There is a classic, the one entitled “Money,
The Problem with Money
By Howard Switzer. There are many writers today analyzing our dire ecologic and economic circumstances that comprise an existential threat to civilization and perhaps even to life on this planet.
About Myself and My Politics (introducing myself to the Alliance)
By Ben Rininger. Not that long ago, before being hired as an AFJM intern, I had been involved in the libertarian movement. While I no longer wear the libertarian label
Politics and Monetary Reform
By Mark Pash. Stephen Zarlenga stated “Communicating Monetary Reform (MR) is the most difficult thing to do in Monetary Reform!” I agree. Stephen spent years working the Halls of Congress.
Triple-column Comparison between Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the Actual Monetary System, and Sovereign Money Reform (SMR)
A while ago I found a very useful double-column comparison of the concept of the monetary system in Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and how the monetary system actually functions. The
Requesting Evidence for a Crucial MMT Claim
The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness. – Pierre-Simon Laplace A strange and extraordinary claim is currently doing the rounds in the halls of power and academia.