Lecture
60 min
Public lecture · Courtesy of SEF · For General Public audiences
How money is actually created — public lecture
A 60-minute formal lecture walking through how central banks, commercial banks, and the Treasury actually create money — and why the textbook story is wrong.
No account needed — we email you a one-time link.
About this format
A 60-minute lecture for a general but engaged audience — university chapters, library evening events, town-hall settings. One speaker, slides supplied, 40 minutes of presentation followed by a 20-minute moderated Q&A.
The lecture covers central bank reserves, commercial bank credit creation, and Treasury operations, ending with the practical implication: what we describe as 'borrowing' is in most cases an accounting exercise rather than a fundraising one.
Host pack includes the slide deck, speaker notes, a glossary handout for attendees, and Knowledge Graph links for the follow-up reading list.
Discussion prompts
- Where did the speaker's account differ most from how you'd heard it before?
- Which step in the money-creation chain are you most unsure about?
- If a journalist asked you to summarise this in one paragraph, what would you write?
- What does this change about how you read the news on public spending?
No account needed. We email you a one-time link.