Poll: three quarters of MPs don’t understand how money is made

Some 80% of MPs lack basic understanding of where the UK’s money comes from, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by the reform campaign group Positive Money, found that 71% of MPs believe that only the government has the power to create money. A further 9% said they didn’t know who creates the … Continue reading Poll: three quarters of MPs don’t understand how money is made