PBI Newsletter, Issue: # 011 February 28th, 2012 Welcome to the PBI Newsletter, February Edition Greetings! With the addition of new bills introduced in the legislatures of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Idaho, the total number of states that have considered, or are considering, a state bank or a study for …
New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises
New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles February 26, 2012 Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Hawaii’s innovative state bank bill addresses the foreclosure mess. County-owned banks are being proposed that would tackle the housing crisis …
John O’Brien: Mortgage Settlement Fails to Address Banking Criminal Enterprise
Hat tip to Yves Smith! John O’Brien: Mortgage Settlement Fails to Address Banking Criminal Enterprise Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:09 AM PST Yves here. The release by San Francisco county assessor-recorder Phil Ting of a study of document irregularities in foreclosures has put a spotlight on the failure of Federal …
Democratizing Money – Restoring Prosperity
The Public Banking Institute would like to extend this invitation for you to attend our inaugural National Conference on April 27 and 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please be sure to join us for a welcome reception the evening of Thursday, April 26. After the unparalleled increase in interest in banking …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain Ellen Browneb_small Chairman and President Public Banking Institute An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of …
The Mondragon cooperatives valued workers instead of shareholder value
The Success of Mondragon Cooperatives in Spain has been well documented over decades, and still worth reviewing, Editor The Mondragon cooperatives ? valued workers instead of shareholder value by merijnknibbe Economists often have a stunning lack of knowledge about the kaleidoscope of different kinds of companies which exist. The neo-liberal, …
Neal Peirce on the National Popular Vote, Mark Pisano on the Transition
The ‘National Popular Vote’ — Time At Last? NEAL PEIRCE / JAN 14 2012 © 2012 Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON — Newspapers, the airwaves and the blogosphere are already delivering 24-7 news and speculation focused on the 2012 presidential campaign. But in the end, will we get the president …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
An electronic database called MERS has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees, and their title records are in hopeless disarray. Meanwhile, foreclosed and abandoned homes are blighting neighborhoods. Straightening out …
To Save Post Offices, Turn Them Into Public Banks
I didn’t get any mail today, or the day before. I’m not the only one lacking in pen pals: From 2006 to 2010, mail volume declined by 20 percent, and it’s going to keep dropping. We’re doing a lot more of our correspondence online these days, and that decline in …
A New Report on U.S. Jobs Program that Create Livelihoods
A New Report on U.S. Jobs Program that Create Livelihoods A Main Street Fix for Wall Street’s Failures is a report of the New Economy Working Group produced in collaboration with the New Economy Network; it is an outcome of a series of conversations focused on building a policy agenda …