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The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
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Despite the 828-page Dodd-Frank Act, the derivatives pyramid has continued to explode to a value now estimated to be as high as $2 quadrillion.
Investors led by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and PIMCO, the world’s largest bond-fund manager, have sued some of the world’s largest banks for breach of fiduciary duty.
The glut of underwater mortgages needs to be written down to match underlying assets, not just to help homeowners but to revive the economy.
As a way of compensating for loss of bond income due to record-low interest rates, central banks have become some of the world’s largest stock investors – a rather alarming development.
One of the best kept deceptions within common civic parlance is that our cities, states and communities are “broke”
The Bay Bridge retrofit was slated to cost $6.3 billion, but with interest and fees, taxpayers will shell out over $12 billion - indicative of a trend in the Golden State.
The Golden State can lead others down the path of debt peonage and keep paying for Wall Street's blunders – or we can be a model for establishing state economic sovereignty.
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates – so why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel, and isn't it time someone prosecuted them?
Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps – which are now a $426 trillion business.
On this edition of “It’s Our Money with Ellen Brown”, Ellen speaks with leading protagonists helping individual citizens take matters into their own hands
The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
The grassroots opposition to President Donald Trump is hitting the streets everywhere.
Protests are set to take place in several major cities across the U.S. on Monday, the Presidents Day holiday, according to activists.
It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
Over the next four years, we’re about to be inundated with a flood of lies—including from federal agencies themselves.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
The way the urban commons create a space to solve material problems and enable social movements to forge city-wide networks are antidotes to people being attracted towards the far-right.
We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.