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Reining in Wall Street: Round 1
by Sarah Andersonposted May 26, 2010 - Congress is about to pass the first financial reform bill after the meltdown, which includes small positive steps. But there are two key pieces of unfinished business.
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More States May Create Public Banks
by Ellen Brownposted May 13, 2010 - Several states are studying the prospects of a state-owned bank or are considering legislation to make one possible.
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Jobs, Not Handouts
by David Kortenposted May 09, 2010
- David Korten: Wall Street's plunge shows what's wrong with phantom wealth. Why support that system when we could be creating jobs in the real economy?
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A New Deal for Local Economies
by Stacy Mitchellposted Apr 29, 2010 - More local, durable economies are already taking root. We can help them along by changing the way we regulate businesses, plan cities, and finance the communities we want.
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Fix the Economy, Not Wall Street
by David Kortenposted Apr 28, 2010 - Would-be Wall Street regulators aren't asking the right question: How do we create a financial services sector that directs money where it is actually needed?
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Making Money Work: How Can We Reconnect Capital with Community?
by Stacy Mitchellposted Apr 23, 2010 - Our investments tend to fund consolidation and speculation. But new models are emerging that allow us to finance the economy we really want.
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Banking on Change
posted Mar 18, 2010 - With a briefcase and a motorcycle, a banker in India gets poor communities on their feet—and, in the process, blurs the lines between finance and community organizing.
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The Growing Movement for Publicly Owned Banks
by Ellen Brownposted Mar 17, 2010 - The momentum toward creating state-owned banks is increasing as more states look for ways to bypass Wall Street, balance their budgets, and get local economies moving.
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Financial Transactions Tax: A Little Tax on the Big Casino
by Tanya Dawkinsposted Mar 09, 2010 - The Center for Economic and Policy Research estimates that an FTT of only one-half of one percent would generate at least $60 billion to $100 billion dollars in the United States alone.
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Whose Bank? Public Investment, Not Private Debt
by Ellen Brownposted Feb 19, 2010 - The public bank concept is gaining ground on the state level, attracting proponents across the political spectrum.
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Time to Tax Financial Speculation
by Sarah Andersonposted Feb 09, 2010 - Activists, celebrities, and business leaders are uniting behind a proposal that would discourage speculative gambling.
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Move Your Money
posted Jan 13, 2010 - Move Your Money is a growing national movement to switch money out of big, national banks and into local, community banks. A video paralleling "It's a Wonderful Life" promotes the campaign.
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Big News for Small Forests
by Ian Hannaposted Jan 07, 2010 - Sustainable, small-scale working forests are feeling the economic pinch. But nonprofit groups are helping family- and community-owned woodlands thrive by connecting them with carbon markets.
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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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