By Virginia Hammon, author of US Money: What is It? Why We Must Change. How We Can (2018) and with Mark Pash, How We Pay for a Better World (2019); […]
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 […]
Money Creation is A Form of Violence
By Dorothy Van Soest PhD, MSW and Mary Sanderson Poverty is the worst form of violence.Mahatma Gandhi Imagine having to choose between paying for necessary health care and paying for […]