The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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A Crisis Worse than ISIS? Let the Bail-Ins Begin
This is what is predicted for 2016: the public's massive sacrifice of savings and jobs to prop up a “systemically risky” global banking scheme.
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Exposing BlackRock: Who's Afraid Of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution?
Blackrock is the single largest investor on Earth, and has a CEO poised to take over the Treasury if Hillary Clinton becomes president.
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Hang Onto Your Wallets: Negative Interest, the War on Cash, and the $10 Trillion Bail-in
If you’re an ordinary saver with your money in the bank, you may soon be paying the bank to hold your funds rather than the reverse.
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Another Money Is Possible, Part II: Avoid the Next Financial Crash with People's Q.E.
People’s Quantitative Easing could transform the economy to serve society, it could prevent the next global financial crash – or, in the aftermath, it could provide an economic escape route for societies worldwide.
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Iceland Sentences 26 Bankers to a Combined 74 Years In Prison
In a move that would make many capitalists’ head explode if it ever happened here, Iceland recently sentenced their 26th banker to prison for their part in the 2008 financial collapse.
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A Law Abused: Why Dodd-Frank Is Killing Off Community Banks
The legislation was supposed to end "too big to fail" and promote financial stability, but Dodd-Frank’s “orderly liquidation authority” has replaced bailouts with bail-ins and threatens the existence of banks with assets under $1 billion.
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Ben Bernanke Admits Wall Street Execs Should Have Been Jailed
The former Fed chair says that, in addition to banks and corporations paying billions in fines for their illegal activities that triggered the economic meltdown and Great Recession, individuals should have also been held accountable.
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The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay
For the 35 years, almost all incentives operating on American corporations have resulted in lower pay for average workers and higher pay for CEOs and other top executives – it's about time that started to change.
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Exposed: F.D.I.C. Regulator Quit Job to Fight His Own Foreclosure Fraud
"The system is largely gamed, broken and corrupted by money, influence peddling and a revolving door."
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$15 an Hour NOW – Not 5 to 7 Years from Now
Municipal leaders should be commended for acknowledging the current wage is too low – but phasing in a higher wage over many years is unacceptable in an economy where costs of living are rising and wages are falling.
