No Reino Unido existe um novo movimento/organização, designado Positive Money que propõe alterações estruturais ao sistema financeiro, visando em particular o mecanismo mais popular de criação de moeda (via crédito bancário) e o governo do sistema financeiro, criando um comité muito menos vulnerável à industria financeira e mais permeável ao poder político, ainda que com forte autonomia face a este. Estas propostas podem facilmente ser aplicáveis a outras nações ou ordenamento jurídicos.
Vale a pena ver este breve vídeo de apresentação e refletir um pouco (legendado em português).
Sobre a Positive Money por eles próprios (excertos):
“(…) Positive Money is a movement to democratise money and banking so that it works for society and not against it.
Our current financial system has left us with the highest personal debt in history, unaffordable housing, worsening inequality, high unemployment and banks that are subsidised and underwritten with taxpayers’ money. We believe that these problems have a common root: money. (…)
Who we areWe’re a not-for-profit organisation based in London (although we also work with partners around the world). We rely on a team of skilled and dedicated volunteers, coordinated by four full-time staff and operate from a small (and cheap!) office.
Our Board of Advisors includes economics professors, authors, entrepreneurs and people from the financial industry who know that something needs to change. (…)”
