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Why Is Socialism Doing So Well in Deep-Red North Dakota?
By Les Leopold, AlterNet North Dakota’s thriving state bank makes a mockery of Wall Street’s casino banking system—and that’s why financial elites want to crush it. Related Entries Progressives Urge...
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Winner Takes All: The Super Priority Status of Derivatives
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt With taxpayer bailouts no longer an option, a major derivatives crisis could transfer money currently held by state and local governments and citizens—secured and...
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Green Light for City-Owned San Francisco Bank
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Moving San Francisco’s money into a municipal bank would protect the city’s deposits and reduce its debt burden. A chief roadblock to forming such a bank was recently...
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Truthdigger of the Week: Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown is a major public intellectual and a tireless promoter of a tried and tested solution that may represent Americans’ best chance at taking their society back from predatory bankers. Related...
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Can the FDIC Protect Your Money From Another Crash?
The first of a planned three-part series on the dangers of private banking highlights government documents describing plans to confiscate the deposits of individuals as well as cities, universities,...
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The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt When the indomitable Irish spirit is awakened, organized and mobilized, the country could become the poster child not for austerity, but for economic prosperity through...
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Wall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury
By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel? Related...
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Truthdigger of the Week: Progressive Congressional Candidate Tim Canova
This reform-minded lawyer and law professor with a history of progressive advocacy is answering Bernie Sanders’ call for a political revolution by challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida for...
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Public Banks as the Antithesis of Neoliberalism
By Matt Stannard / Public Banking Institute Public banks give people the right to share in sustainable abundance—a goal that neoliberalism makes impossible. Related Entries Progressives Urge Clinton...
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