Introduction The 2025 American Monetary Institute Conference, titled Avarice, Power, and the Future of Money, brings together some of the world’s most innovative economists, historians, journalists, legal scholars, and activists. This seven-day online event, held September 19–28, 2025, promises not only to diagnose the deep structural crises in today’s financial and monetary systems but … Continue reading “AMI 2025 Conference: Themes and Overview”
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AMI Statement to the UN Climate Conference COP28
Introduction Monetary conference calls COP28’s attention to the connection between the current dysfunctional monetary system and environmental degradation, including climate change Chicago, November, 2023 — Last month, from September 29 until October 1, the American Monetary Institute (AMI) held its 19th annual conference on monetary theory and reform. The conference brought together some of the … Continue reading “AMI Statement to the UN Climate Conference COP28”
The American Monetary Institute: View from a Steward
Focus The focus of the American Monetary Institute was and is on the almost unbridled credit creation facility of commercial banks (and its frequent turning off the tap) as a major cause of the destructive booms & busts in the financial sector and its spilling over into the real economy with disastrous consequences … Continue reading “The American Monetary Institute: View from a Steward”