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Positive Money

Positive Money
Positive Money
Level: beginner
Perspective: Post-Keynesian Economics
Topic: Money & Debt
Format: Website
Link: http://positivemoney.org/

The page "Positive Money" gathers text and short videos which explain how money is created by banks by giving loans. It furthermore presents the consequences of this process on housing prices, inequality and the environment and its role in the financial crisis. The dossier is provided by the campaign "Positive Money" which aims at a democratic control over money creation. Besides texts by the campaign, the page makes available links to journal and conference articles on the topic. The page focuses on the banking system of the UK.

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Tags: credit | debt | environment | financial crisis | housing prices | inequality | loans | money | money control | recession
This report presents the results of the “Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems” project, designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and accessed to support the growth of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations and their ecosystems. The project is supported by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
2019
Level: advanced
Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems
Samuel Barco Serrano / Riccardo Bodini / Michael Roy / Gianluca Salvatori
International Labour Organization
First, a definition of care work is given. Then the gendered and racialized issues and inequalities associated with care work as well as the work overload that results from the double burden of care and wage labour are explored. Lastly, a policy proposal which counters the dynamics and the culture of capitalist (re)production, grounded in the concept of solidarity, is developed.
2015
Level: beginner
»Care Revolution« - Gabriele Winker über Schritte in eine solidarische Gesellschaft
Gabriele Winker
Transcript Verlag
Central banking is anything but clear-cut. As this webinar with Benjamin Braun demonstrates, the standard view of central banks as independent public entities that govern financial markets and "print" money is at least partially misleading.
2020
Level: beginner
Central banking, Finance and Power
Benjamin Braun
crashcourseeconomics.org
After a brief illustration of sovereign green bonds’ features, this paper describes the market evolution and identifies the main benefits and costs for sovereign issuers. The financial performance of these securities is then analysed.
2021
Level: advanced
Green Bonds: the Sovereign Issuers’ Perspective
Raffaele Doronzo, Vittorio Siracusa and Stefano Antonelli
Mercati, infrastrutture, sistemi di pagamento

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