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Using our resources to strengthen our communities.
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Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 16, 2009 - Is there such a thing as money that's too fast? Slow Money founder Woody Tasch says yes, and he's trying to slow money down by connecting investors to their local economies.
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Reviving the Local Economy with Publicly Owned Banks
by Ellen Brownposted Oct 14, 2009 - The Fed may have played all its cards, but state and local governments still hold a few aces: publicly owned banks that could funnel credit where it is needed most, directly into the local economy.
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How California Could Turn its IOUs Into Dollars
by Ellen Brownposted Jul 28, 2009 - If California were to deposit its money in its own state-owned bank, it could have enough credit to solve its budget crisis with funds to spare.
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Money from Nothing
by James Robertsonposted Jul 07, 2009 - Supplying money should be a public service, not a cash cow for banks.
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The New Economy Starts Now
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jul 07, 2009 - The new economy is about increasing quality of life, improving health, and restoring the environment.
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How Banks Make Money
by Doug Pibelposted Jul 07, 2009 - Creating money out of thin air, a YES! infographic.
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3 Ways to Invest in Your Community
by Jeff Goldenposted Jul 07, 2009 - Jeff Golden suggests ways you can revive the old classic: community investment.
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New Economy, New Ways to Do Finance
posted Jul 07, 2009 - As mega-finance crumbles, many farsighted individuals are putting their money in enterprises and financial institutions that benefit working Americans and the places they live.
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Out of the Ashes of GM: the Phoenix of Renewable Energy
by Ellen Brownposted Jun 10, 2009 - Out of the ashes of a failed GM could arise not only a new, clean way of traveling but a new way of funding government and the services we expect from it.
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My Best Investments Are Down The Street
by Judy Wicksposted Jun 05, 2009 - Social activist and local living economies advocate Judy Wicks shares her investment secrets.
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Small Banks, Radical Vision
by Zach Carterposted Jun 05, 2009 - Local banks can change the world, one investment at a time.
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Busted: 9 Economy Myths
posted Jun 05, 2009 - What the old economy didn’t do for us—and what a sustainable economy could do.
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Community Investment: It’s Classic
by Jeff Goldenposted May 07, 2009 - Jeff Golden’s ideas and tips for sustainable investment.
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Revive Lincoln’s Monetary Policy: an Open Letter to President Obama
by Ellen Brownposted Apr 07, 2009 - President Obama, the fate of our economy and the nation itself may depend on how well you understand Lincoln’s monetary breakthrough, the most far-reaching “economic stimulus plan” ever implemented by a U.S. President…
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Too Big to Fail is Too Big
by David Kortenposted Mar 16, 2009 - Senator Bernie Sanders famously said that if a bank "is too big to fail, it probably is too big to exist." That should be a watchword slogan of any effort to fix the financial system, says David Korten.
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Bank On It: How Cash-Starved States Can Create Their Own Credit
by Ellen Brownposted Mar 03, 2009 - Ellen Brown proposes a solution to states' solvency problems by outlining how they can create their own credit.
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Icelanders to the Promised Land
by Rebecca Solnitposted Feb 13, 2009 - "We have a very uncertain feeling about the future. At the same time, there is power in all the political debate and lots of political and social energy—endless [political] parties popping up, Facebook groups, cells and idealists, … and people are speaking up."
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A Radical Plan for Funding a New Deal
by Ellen Brownposted Dec 05, 2008 - Ellen Brown examines the challenge ahead for the Obama administration: she explores the option of buyouts, not bailouts, and lists 3 Ways to Fund the “New” New Deal.
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Signs of Life :: Community Banks Weathering the Storm
by Anne Moore Odellposted Oct 31, 2008 - Community banks provide safe haven in economic storm.
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Finance to Serve the Economy
by Leslie Christianposted Sep 26, 2008 - How urgent is the financial situation? A Wall Street veteran says problems in finance don't mean the end of the economy.
