Collateral Damage: QE3 and the Shadow Banking System

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  by Ellen Brown Rather than expanding the money supply, quantitative easing (QE) has actually caused it to shrink by sucking up the collateral needed by the shadow banking system to create credit. The “failure” of QE has prompted the Bank for International Settlements to urge the Fed to shirk …

How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Permanently

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

How Congress Could Fix Its Budget Woes, Permanently Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles February 8, 2013   As Congress struggles through one budget crisis after another, it is becoming increasingly evident that austerity doesn’t work. We cannot possibly pay off a $16 trillion debt by tightening our belts, slashing public services, and …

Forum 2000 Conference Attendees Addressed by Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and Invited to Continue Discussions on the Rule of Law

kristyGlobal Citizen

Forum 2000 Conference Attendees Addressed by Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and Invited to Continue Discussions on the Rule of Law Prague, October 10, 2011 The first day of Forum 2000 Conference brought a number of panel discussions and remarks at various venues in Prague. Among other topics, the main …

From GDP to Better Life Indexes of Wellbeing

Ethical MarketsArticles by Hazel Henderson

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