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List of monetary reformers

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This is a list of monetary reformers from the past to the present according to several schools of thought.

Monetary reformers primarily belong to the following groups:

Most of these groups[vague] are critical of fractional-reserve banking,[1][2] a practice which is described by critics as "creating money out of thin air". According to the Bank of England "rather than banks lending out deposits that are placed with them, the act of lending creates deposits – the reverse of the sequence typically described in textbooks".[3]

Public, community and self-issuance of money

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Publicly issued, debt-free money or interest-free credit

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Social credit

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Alternative, complementary, local currencies and environmentalists

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Austrian School (gold standard or full-reserve banking supporters)

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See more in list of Austrian School economists

Post-Keynesians

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See more in list of Post-Keynesian economists

Organisations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pibel, Doug (July 7, 2009). "How Banks Make Money Creating Money Out of Thin Air". Yesmagazine.org. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Polleit, Thorsten (December 23, 2010). "The Faults of Fractional-Reserve Banking". Mises Daily. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  3. ^ Jem Bendell, "There is a magic money tree, but it's only magic for banks", HuffPost, 5 June 2017 (page visited on 25 February 2018).
  4. ^ a b c d (in French) "Monnaie pleine : une opportunité en Suisse pour changer la monnaie" [The "sovereign money" initiative: an opportunity to change currency in Switzerland], La revue durable, number 60, winter-spring 2017-2018, pages 26-29.
  5. ^ "International Movement for Monetary Reform". International Movement for Monetary Reform. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Positive Money Europe". Positive Money Europe. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Monetative". Monetative. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Ons Geld". Ons Geld. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  9. ^ (in German) Monetary Modernisation association, official website (page visited on 23 February 2018).
  10. ^ "Sovereign money" initiative, official website (page visited on 23 February 2018).
  11. ^ Mehreen Khan, "Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money", The Daily Telegraph, 24 December 2015 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
  12. ^ Fran Boait, "Monetary policy has an enormous impact on politics. It's time for a radical rethink", The Guardian, 12 October 2016 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
  13. ^ Jason Hickel, "To deal with climate change we need a new financial system", The Guardian, 5 November 2016 (page visited on 23 February 2018).
  14. ^ Members of the Vollgeld-Initiative meet with Adair Lord Turner, British business man, academic, former director of the Financial Market Authority and author of the book Between Debt and Devil (page visited on 25 February 2018).