Ellen Brown / TruthdigSep 25, 2019
If the president wants the federal government to be able to borrow cheaply, there are far better options than negative interest rates. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown / Web of DebtApr 13, 2016
Exposing tax dodgers is a worthy endeavor, but the “limited hangout” of the Panama Papers may have less noble ends, dovetailing with a "war on cash" and the potentially imminent threat of massive bail-ins of depositor funds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown / Web of DebtDec 29, 2015
While the mainstream media focus on Islamic State extremists, a threat that has gone virtually unreported is that your life savings could be wiped out in a massive derivatives collapse. Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the United States. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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By Ellen Brown / Web of DebtNov 21, 2015
If you’re an ordinary saver with money in the bank, you may soon be paying the bank to hold your funds rather than the reverse. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 31, 2013
The first of a planned three-part series on the dangers of private banking highlights government documents describing plans to confiscate the deposits of individuals as well as cities, universities, counties and pension funds when another banking crash occurs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtAug 5, 2013
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtJul 5, 2013
An international trend to shift responsibility for bank losses onto blameless depositors lets banks take and gamble away your money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtApr 10, 2013
With taxpayer bailouts no longer an option, a major derivatives crisis could transfer money currently held by state and local governments and citizens -- secured and unsecured, insured and uninsured -- into the hands of derivative claimants. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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