In 2015, seven years after Iceland’s banks were flattened by the financial crisis, a senior Icelandic parliamentarian suggested a sovereign money system, but the idea went nowhere.

Lawrence Lepard warns the monetary system is an "avalanche" due to sovereign debt. He predicts a coming "Big Print" of money, advocating gold, silver, and Bitcoin as crucial "lifeboats".

Browse here. Switzerland holds a referendum on June 10 on whether to introduce a sovereign money system that would shake up how its banks operate. The measure, if passed, would bar commercial banks ...

The vote, called under Switzerland’s system of direct democracy after gathering more than 100,000 signatures, sought to establish the country’s central bank as the only authorized money ...

In a study commissioned by the SBA, University of Lausanne economist Philippe Bacchetta reckoned a switch to sovereign money could cut Swiss gross domestic product by 0.4 percent.

Three authors have proposed a financing scheme for a Green International Monetary System (GIMS), including the creation of a Green World Central Bank (GWCB) and a new debt-based "special purpose ...

Reuters Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 6:17 AM (Repeats item from Thursday) * Banks create money by lending more than savers' deposits * Swiss vote on whether to change system for 'real' money * Postal voting ...

Pre-1978 China operated a Soviet-style mono-banking system that was 100% owned by the state. Needless to say, communist China didn’t attach a debt and interest bur- den on money creation.

An increasing number of countries are repatriating gold reserves as protection against the sort of sanctions imposed by the West on Russia, according to an Invesco survey of central bank and sovereign ...