Why Is Socialism Doing So Well in Deep-Red North Dakota?

By Les Leopold, AlterNet Mar 30, 2013 North Dakota's thriving state bank makes a mockery of Wall Street's casino banking system -- and that's why financial elites want to crush it. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Confiscation Scheme Planned for U.S. and U.K. Depositors

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Mar 28, 2013 Confiscating customer deposits in Cyprus banks was not a one-off, desperate idea of a few eurozone “troika” officials scrambling to salvage their balance sheets. A joint paper by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Bank of England, dated Dec. 10, 2012, shows these plans have been long in the making. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Ensuring Scottish Sovereignty: Exploring the Public Bank Option

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Dec 7, 2012 Will a publicly owned bank help Scotland avoid unnecessary debt and take control of its economic destiny as North Dakotans did in the U.S.? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )