NEW REPORT: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Inflation?
In this New Economics Foundation report, we explore how better coordination between monetary and fiscal policies can help address inflation effectively.
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REPORT: A Green Interest Rate for the Eurozone
In a new Policy Paper co-written with colleagues at Sustainable Finance Lab, we presents a proposal to advance Europe’s green transition: the introduction of a green interest rate by the European Central Bank (ECB). The proposal outlines how targeted monetary policy can play a crucial role in combating climate change, promoting sustainable investment, and supporting the ECB’s mandate of low
» Read moreREPORT: Scaling-up buildings renovation with ECB credit policy
New Positive Money Europe policy paper written together with Uuriintuya Batsaikhan proposes to repurpose the European Central Bank’s TLTRO programme into a dedicated financial instrument to scale up bank lending for energy-efficient home renovations.
» Read moreWhy debt cancellation by the ECB is not the right strategy
Although debt cancellation by central banks is technically feasible, it is nearly legally and politically impossible to achieve, and its economic benefits would be rather minimal. There are better proposals in a progressive Eurozone reform agenda.
» Read moreREPORT: Helicopter money as a response to Coronavirus crisis
In this report for Positive Money Europe, I outline how to move helicopter money from theory to practice in the context of the Pandemic crisis.
» Read moreOpen letter to Christine Lagarde on climate change
Positive Money Europe coordinated a group of 165 academics and civil society organisations to deliver an open letter to Christine Lagarde, calling on the ECB President to accelerate its efforts in addressing climate change.
» Read moreREPORT: Strengthening the Parliamentary oversight of the ECB
New Positive Money Europe report co-authored by Stanislas Jourdan and Sebastian Diessner advocates for a greater role of the European Parliament in scrutinizing the European Central Bank.
» Read moreREPORT: Aligning monetary policy with the European Union’s climate targets
A new study co-written with Wojtek Kalinowski based an updated analysis of the ECB’s corporate bond purchae programme reveals a mismatch between the EU climate targets and the policies of the ECB.
» Read moreWhy Bitcoin is a bad monetary system
The distributed cryptocurrency Bitcoin is fundamentally flawed as an alternative money system. Here is why.
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