If We Only Had a Bank

Ellen Brown submitted this. It’s a musical.

ANOTHER REASON FOR STATES TO OWN THEIR OWN BANKS

[Ellen Brown continues her series on economics.] BANKS PROFIT FROM NEAR-ZERO INTEREST RATES: ANOTHER REASON FOR STATES TO OWN THEIR OWN BANKS Ellen Brown, June 4, 2010 While individuals, businesses and governments suffer from a credit crisis created on Wall Street, the banks responsible for the crisis are tapping into nearly-interest-free credit lines and using [...]

How Stagnant Pools of Government Money Could Help Save the Economy

[While this article does not deal with film, it does advance Ellen Brown's previous article, and it's just good, solid information that people need to see. -JG] The Mysterious CAFRs: How Stagnant Pools of Government Money Could Help Save the Economy Ellen Brown www.webofdebt.com/articles May 21, 2010 For over a decade, accountant Walter Burien has [...]

Derivatives Come to the Movies

Will Hollywood Go the Way of Enron? Derivatives Come to the Movies By ELLEN BROWN As if attacks from paparazzi and star-crazed fans weren’t enough, Hollywood stars may soon have a literal price put on their heads by investors in the Cantor Exchange, a real-money trading platform where people can bet on the gross profits [...]