The Italian Banking Crisis: No Free Lunch — or Is There?

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Dec 22, 2016 The Italian banking crisis that could take down the eurozone has been called “a bigger risk than Brexit." Handwringing officials say there is “no magic bullet,” but a British professor, Richard Werner, says remedies are just being ignored. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘We’ll Look at Everything’: An Alternative to Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Dec 8, 2016 Creating jobs requires an injection of new money into the American economy. Borrowing from the bond markets or off the balance sheet in public/private partnerships won’t do it. So if Congress won’t issue money directly, it should borrow from banks, which create money out of thin air. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Lincoln Had a Bolder Solution

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Nov 17, 2016 Instead of privatizing public assets and delivering taxpayer money to investors, the president-elect could fund his promised infrastructure projects by simply printing money. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

North Dakota’s Public Bank Is Funding Police Repression at Standing Rock

By Matt Stannard / Cowboys on the Commons Nov 4, 2016 For those of us who have viewed the Bank of North Dakota as an example of the promise of this type of financial institution, recent news that an emergency spending panel approved an extra $4 million in credit for rubber bullets and the arrest of people seeking to protect their livelihood is troubling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Funding California Schools: Proposition 51 Versus a State-Owned Bank

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Oct 20, 2016 By borrowing from its own state-chartered, state-owned bank, California could save over $10 billion on a $9 billion loan. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Revolution in Banking?

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Sep 21, 2016 Using technology developed for Bitcoin, central banks around the world could usher in a model of banking and credit that renders private banking obsolete. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Brexit and the Derivatives Time Bomb

Ellen Brown / Truthdig Jul 6, 2016 Brexit could trigger a $500 trillion derivatives meltdown by forcing the European Union to allow insolvent member governments and banks to write down debt. But there's an alternative. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

As the War on Weed Winds Down, Will Monsanto Be the Winner?

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Jun 25, 2016 The war on cannabis that began in the 1930s seems to be coming to an end. But skeptics question the sudden push for legalization, which is largely funded by wealthy investors linked to Big Ag and Big Pharma. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The War on Savings: The Panama Papers, Bail-Ins and the Push to Go Cashless

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Apr 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 )

The Populist Revolution: Bernie and Beyond

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Jan 27, 2016 With disenfranchised millennials at his back, Bernie Sanders' proposal of a real financial revolution, a fundamental change in the system itself, is a great start to the necessary overhaul of society. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Can Hillary Clinton Be Trusted to Regulate the Banks That Made Her Rich?

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 Former financial regulator Bill Black and Public Banking Institute founder Ellen Brown see no indication in Hillary Clinton’s track record that she will fulfill any 2016 campaign promise to implement regulations on Wall Street. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Citadel Is Breached: Congress Taps the Federal Reserve for Infrastructure Funding

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt Jan 18, 2016 In a landmark infrastructure bill passed in December, Congress finally tapped into the Federal Reserve for infrastructure funding. Some experts say legislators should go further and authorize funds to be issued directly. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )