So Paul Tucker, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, wants a negative interest rate on commercial banks’ balances at the Bank of England, the purpose...
Richard With a bit of prompting from me, Ellen Brown is doing really well. See http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/GECON-01-270213.html Geoffrey...
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AMI
ami@...
Mar 3, 2013 10:25 pm
*Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute* It is with great pleasure that we officially announce the event, *Fixing Our Broken Money System ...
Richard, Well done. Your FT letter is just what was needed. I hope the conference is going well. Is the structure for loans that you have in mind anything like...
Dear Geoff, I assume that Brown is blamed for his notorious ³light touch² that let speculation and outright criminality run wild. Or are they simply...
Dear Michael, Yes, very much so, but he shares that mistake with both his political friends and rivals. I expect the most vociferous of my audience were not...
You may find this interview interesting. The interviewee is in my view Norway's brightest investor, who often speaks very candidly about core issues. (I...
Thanks. I can¹t find Richard¹s FT letter in the US FT, which is all that I¹m able to get access to. Michael On 3/7/13 4:59 AM, "Geoffrey Gardiner"...
Michael, see below, btw. Funny title! 'Hitch-hiker’s guide to monetary infrastructure ' I guess this is the core message ... that they need to kick-start the...
Michael, So Cyprus is asked to ‘clean the slate’!!! Not fully, of course. Perhaps small countries will not be so eager to be tax/black money havens in...
Dear Geoffrey, You are of course right that ³savings create a debt problem² when they are lent out rather than invested directly or in equities. Keynes did...
Dear Michael, justifying my claim to have high status in banking studies is not easy in a society which puts so much store in academic labels and there is no...
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Mar 20, 2013 9:23 am
Geoffrey, Your other - and still current - claim to fame is your book. When trying to get people to understand what my research is about (what creditary...
Dear Gunnar, The EU's amazingly radical action choosing to write down bank deposits over specified amounts at one price, and not those below this cut-off level...
OK, how about trust manager for Barclaystrust for many years, and professional advisor on company financial law and accounting, on whom I have relied for much...
This also raises the issue of how long Briatin will wait to reassert its control over the Caymans under a number of possible pretexts renging from supporting...
Michael, Yes, that looks OK. Short and to the point. Dirk, Thank you heartily for your remarks. When Chris and I worked so hard on TTM it was our hope that...
Michael, What Cyprus has done I assumed was in accord with what you have advocated, right-off unrepayable debt and the deposits which are the counterparties....
Well, that¹s the point, Geoffrey. The troubled bank¹s problem was indeed GREEK government debt. Not Russian hot money  that was in other banks, which are...
Geoffrey, Interesting. Re: ‘monnaie faible’ Arno On 26.03.2013 11:51, Geoffrey Gardiner wrote: Michael,  What Cyprus has done I assumed was in accord...
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ami@...
Apr 12, 2013 5:39 pm
*Invitation to AMI May 12 Cooper Union Event * *Dear Friend of the American Monetary Institute,* Our event at Cooper Union, /Fixing Our Broken Money System/,...
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Dirk Bezemer
d.j.bezemer@...
Apr 15, 2013 1:39 pm
dear Gang, Here's an interview I did recently on Icelandic television: http://www.ruv.is/sarpurinn/silfur-egils/14042013-1 Start at minute 39, almost. best, ...
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Dirk Bezemer
d.j.bezemer@...
Apr 15, 2013 1:41 pm
PS there's a response and partial transcript at http://www.positivemoney.org/2013/04/dirk-bezemer-about-positive-money/...
Dear gang. The elections on April 27 will most likely bring to office a coalition government of the two largest parties. The single most important election...
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D.J.Bezemer
d.j.bezemer@...
May 17, 2013 8:55 am
Dear Gunnar, Thanks for keeping up posted. I was wondering what was going to happen post election. Your message is timely. For some time now I have been...
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D.J.Bezemer
d.j.bezemer@...
May 17, 2013 9:03 am
Any of you in Groningen on May 30? I've been working on an educational documentary which we'll launch 30 May, 4-6 pm. See...
Well done, Dirk, Gunnar keeps very calm though it must be very frustrating that his explanation of the bookkeeping of bank debt is not understood fully in...
Dear Dirk. Here are brief answers to your questions. 1. The seriousness of the household debt problem is manifested in many ways: a. On average, the financial...
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D.J.Bezemer
d.j.bezemer@...
May 18, 2013 8:27 pm
Thanks, Gunnar. As always it is easy to get bogged down in the operational details one one hand, and to miss actual effect when not paying attention to those...
Dear Gunnar I have been working for some time at UCL on a straightforward solution to debt funding problems such as Iceland's, based upon an updated version of...