by Anthony Colombo | Aug 10, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media, Public Bank, Public Banking
So far, neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton has offered a credible plan to restart the long-stalled U.S. economy. Trump favors lowering taxes to spur demand, a reduction in the supply of illegal foreign labor to boost wages, and modifying trade policy to...
by Anthony Colombo | Aug 4, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media
He met with Twin Cities activists on Wednesday. Community organizer Wintana Melekin was grabbing a soda in late June at a coffee shop near her office when she heard Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, had just been in. Seeing her...
by Anthony Colombo | Jul 15, 2016 | Local Economies, Monetary Policy, National, News, Print Media
Winona Nava, president and CEO of Santa Fe-based Guadalupe Credit Union, says that proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules should help protect against payday lenders who charge 300 to 500 percent annual interest rates for short-term loans, instead of less...
by Anthony Colombo | Feb 10, 2016 | Announcements, Local Economies, News, Print Media, Santa Fe
By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican, Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 11:30 pm | Updated: 9:59 am, Wed Feb 10, 2016. Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales and at least half of the City Council on Tuesday proposed that the city raise taxes and continue to tap the...
by Anthony Colombo | Jun 23, 2015 | Commercial Banking, Local Economies, Monetary Policy, News, Public Banking
Posted on June 11, 2015 by Ellen Brown It is well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. ...
by Anthony Colombo | Jun 19, 2015 | Local Economies, News
“If Magna Carta is to be recovered in its fullness, we must bring with it all that can be obtained from these interpretations. The first one calls for the abolition of the commodity form of wealth that blocks the way to commoning. The second one gives us...