According to Rodrik’s (2012) ‘trilemma’, we can have only two of the following at any one time: hyperglobalization, the nation state, and democratic politics (Rodrik, 2012). Given the destructive forces of hyperglobalization – environmental degradation, homogenization of culture, and financial instability (e.g Hornborg, 2017a) – and the undesirability of …
The Green New Deal started making headlines in early 2019 when newly elected congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez submitted to the United States House of Representatives a non-binding resolution laying out the main elements of a 10-year economic mobilization plan that would phase out fossil fuel use and overhaul the nation’s infrastructure …
Introduction Central bankers as well as monetary reformers are discussing the introduction of central bank issued digital currency (DC). DC is intended to coexist with bankmoney (sight deposits), both monies circulating side-by-side and in competition with each other, similar to the familiar coexistence of bankmoney with traditional cash. Money users …
‘The money question’ is one of the oldest and most stubborn problems in economics. Renewed interest in the problem comes at a time when access to information has been democratised via the internet, and good conversation on social media has the power to support and enhance knowledge creation. However, if …
What have we achieved by studying full-reserve banking? And what remains to be done in the future? By focusing on conceptual work, economic modelling and empirical research, I try to provide an answer. Just recently, I finished a doctoral dissertation that focused on full-reserve banking. More precisely, I studied historical …
