ABC perspective

The following will be broadcast on Perspective sometime before Christmas 2008.
Most people do not realise that some banks literally “make money” by giving loans without having money on deposit. The system is called fractional reserve banking and is used in most economies. It sounds as though it is safe because it says that banks have [...]

A Different Way to Make Money – Australia

Most people do not realise that banks have been giving the privilege to literally “make money”. Certain privileged banks throughout the world can lend money to people even though the bank does not have matching funds on deposit. In fact for every $100 in real deposit the banks can typically lend $900 in “new money”. [...]

A different way to make money

Most people do not realise that banks have been giving the privilege to literally “make money”. The major banks in Australia can lend money to people even though the bank does not have matching funds on deposit. In fact for every $100 in real deposit the banks can lend $900 in “new money”. This is [...]

Emissions Trading Systems: a Webliogr…

Emissions Trading Systems: a Webliography.

“… public policy advances the interests of society most effectively when it is grounded in the best available knowledge.” -  Paul A. T. Higgins (Science in the Policy Process: Rational Decision-Making or Faustian Bargain?   / Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: May 2008)

 This edition of WWWTools for Education continues to explore responses to [...]