List of monetary reformers
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This is a list of monetary reformers from the past to the present according to several schools of thought.
Monetary reformers primarily belong to the following groups:
- Supporters of publicly issued money who oppose charging interest on issuance of money, formerly called "Greenbackers" in late 19th century United States,
- the Austrian school who generally support a return to the Gold Standard or Full-reserve banking, and
- the Post-Keynesian school who generally wish to regulate or reduce leverage and debt in the economy or direct it to "productive, non-speculative" uses.
Most groups are critical of fractional-reserve banking,[1][2] a practice which is often described as "creating money out of thin air".
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Public, community, and self-issuance of money
Publicly issued, debt-free money or interest-free credit
- Ellen Brown
- Jacob Coxey
- Henry Clay Dean
- Benjamin Franklin
- Gottfried Feder
- Silvio Gesell
- Joseph Huber
- Andrew Jackson
- Dennis Kucinich
- Abraham Lincoln
- Gerry McGeer
- James Robertson
- Michael Rowbotham
- Bill Still
- James Gibb Stuart
- Edmund Dick Taylor
- Richard Werner
- Stephen Zarlenga
- Eric V. Encina
Social Credit
- C. H. Douglas
- E.V. Encina
Alternative, complementary, local currencies, and environmentalists
- Herman Daly
- Richard Douthwaite
- Silvio Gesell
- Thomas H. Greco, Jr.
- Margrit Kennedy
- Bernard Lietaer
- E.C. Riegel
- E. V. Encina
Austrian School (Gold Standard or Full-reserve banking supporters)
- See more in list of Austrian School economists
- Friedrich Hayek
- Ludwig von Mises
- Gary North
- Ron Paul
- Murray Rothbard
- Peter Schiff
- Jesús Huerta de Soto
- G. Edward Griffin
- Gerald Celente
Post-Keynesians
- See more in list of Post-Keynesian economists
