Positive Money’s Campaign Director Miriam Morris presents the strategy of the campaign at the Positive Money conference in January 2013. Watch now: Positive Money is a Campaign. We’re not just a debating society, we’re not just a research organisation. We actually want to change something.   The books mentioned in the talk can be ordered here: Modernising Money             Where does money come from?              

Report by the James Gibb Stuart Trust Edinburgh, Wednesday 20 February 2013: This was a well-attended Meetup, with 47 people coming along to the Royal Scots Club. It began at 8pm, with a spokesman for the organiser of the event – the James Gibb Stuart Trust, an educational charity whose mission is “to reduce debt by educating about banking” – explaining that Ben was in Edinburgh for a meeting in the Scottish Parliament the next day. This was the 3rd … Continue reading →

Anti-poverty campaigners launched a new campaign against food speculation today. The campaign “Bankers Anonymous” by the World Development Movement asks people to take five steps to help win new rules to prevent banks driving food prices up through financial speculation. Here is more info from WDM: Betting on food prices is a lucrative business for many in the city. The World Development Movement estimates that Goldman Sachs has made £250 million from food speculation in the last year, while Barclays has … Continue reading →

Report by the James Gibb Stuart Trust: Almost 300 people attend sold-out event   Biggest money reform gathering in our lifetimes, worldwide   Second ‘foundation stone’, the 335-page book Modernising Money released; diagnoses the illness, prescribes the cure   9.15am, Saturday, 26 January 2013, it’s a crisp, clear morning, and close on 300 people start arriving at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London. It’s the biggest Money Reform meeting anyone attending has ever seen in their lifetimes. The event began at … Continue reading →

The main stream press was eager to quote Andy Haldane, the Executive Director of Financial Stability for The Bank Of England, when he publicly announced that Occupy was right. However Andy Haldane’s proposed reform strands, which he memorably calls the 5C’s, do not go very far in addressing what Occupy stands for. The Bank of England only allowed audio recording (no video) at the talk and this piece includes Andy Haldane’s speech at the talk. It focuses on his 5C’s … Continue reading →