Everyone has a basic right to shelter, which they should be able to call home. A home should not be an investment but a place…
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Prof. Stiglitz on who should really take the blame for the financial crisis.
In 1970, ninety per cent of financial flows were used to finance trade or investment in the real economy; only ten per cent was speculative….
The use of precious metals as money goes back nearly three thousand years. Until quite recently, gold and other metals (notably silver) were the basis…
How is it that we’ve ended up with a system in which banks have the power to create money? In this extract from Four Horsemen we explain what Fiat money is.
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Steve Keen Interview - Part 2: Elaborating on the problems with austerity, Steve Keen explains how private debt really works.
The wider public is depressingly disinterested in the workings of the economy; nowhere is this more evident than in their ignorance of the monetary system….
As a way of securing wealth without engaging in real economic activity – the act of combining land, labour and capital to create something with…
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What is the fall-out from a financial industry now so detached from the rest of society?
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Ross Ashcroft from Renegade Economist speaks with Steve Keen whilst he was in London to launch his new book ‘ Debunking Economics: The Emperor Dethroned?’