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Since starting to look into the nature of our monetary system, there is one particular argument I have heard played out time and time again: On one side we have: “Banks can create money out of nothing. They do not need to have somebody’s savings in hand in order to make a loan”. On the other side we have: “Banking regulations dictate that banks are only allowed to lend out a fraction of their depositors money”.
Earlier last week, I was lucky enough to see preview clips of a film which I am convinced will get people talking, thinking and taking a stand against the entire monetary system and its elite.
What really counts for our happiness and welfare? Professor Herman Daly on what's important for economic man.
Central banking, its intellectual foundations and its most powerful agents today... what does it all mean? We take a good look at the Bernanke Fed and the cartel of central banks, and wonder whether we are being well lead by our financial captains. Read on to learn more and see how these issues are linked to the gold price.
With right wing jingoism, heroic acts and a whiff of British nostalgia who needs strategy?
Move Your Money protests - good idea but is it enough?
Written by Jan Skoyles Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Are the Move Your Money protests enough to make our banking system change? I don't think so - I think we need to be changing our money not where our money sits.
Open Letter to The Occupy Movement: It's Time for the Ultimate Occupation
Written by Renegade Correspondent Tuesday, 06 December 2011
I dreamed about a movement like Occupy Wall St. starting in America when I first became aware of the youth uprising in Egypt. I knew it was only a matter of time before it eventually landed here in America.
Was the Cold War a battle between capitalism and socialism?
With the Church of England in disarray who better to talk to about dissent and the occupy movement than the legendary turbulent priest.
You don't have to be a political economist to see the common sense truth of addressing the land question and capturing the value.
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