Feb 10, 2022 | Media Releases, News, Submissions
The Green Party’s call for an inquiry into the government’s economic response to Covid is welcome, but needs to go a step further, says Positive Money national spokesperson Don Richards. “Rather than a select committee inquiry, the public deserves an...
Aug 9, 2021 | News, Submissions
The Positive Money team has followed up our parliamentary petition with a submission to Parliament. Positive Money launched its petition to offer an alternative to the emergency Covid-19 financing mechanism known as quantitative easing (QE) or ‘Large Scale Asset...
Mar 31, 2021 | Media Releases, News
A new petition is asking Parliament to require the Reserve Bank to directly fund the Covid recovery and other essential infrastructure, cutting out the unnecessary bank middlemen. The Reserve Bank plans to spend up to 100 billion dollars to buy bonds on the secondary...
Apr 26, 2020 | In-depth videos (1 hour+), News, Videos
Positive Money NZ national spokesman Don Richards and Auckland spokesperson Cliff Hall hosted a Zoom meeting with Positive Money members to discuss how New Zealand can pay for the Covid-19 response and recovery. Hint: it’s not debt and it’s not taxes. Recorded Sunday...
Apr 7, 2020 | Media Releases, News
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it and our Reserve Bank has chosen to repeat a costly mistake, says Positive Money national spokesperson Don Richards. “While the $12 billion Covid-19 stimulus package to workers and small businesses was...