Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tuesday’s Jamaica Plain Forum brings in Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt to discuss “When Wall Street Manages Main Street: Shining Light on the Shadow Banking System.” The talk starts at 7 p.m. at the First Church of Jamaica Plain, 6 Eliot Street....
Jun 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Gwen Hallsmith, executive director of the Public Banking Institute, was Linda Pinkow’s guest on WMBR’s “What’s Left” last evening. for an excellent overview of what public banking is about, why it’s needed, where it’s been...
Mar 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
From Credo Action—Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks have gotten involved in the production and distribution of physical commodities—things like aluminum, oil, electric power, and even uranium yellowcake. To get into the raw material business, banks are...
Feb 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
In this extract from Just Money: How Society Can Break the Despotic Power of Finance Ann Pettifor describes how orthodox economics and finance have promoted a profoundly inadequate account of money. Change is necessary and possible. But it will come only through a...
Feb 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
A recent article at Renewable Energy World took a look at “green banks”–financial institutions that use public funding to leverage private financing of clean energy. The Coalition for Green Capital has been working on developing such banks and...
Feb 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
More city councillors are questioning why their municipalities are depositing city money in JPMorgan Chase after that bank was implicated in felonies ranging from rigging interest rates to mortgage fraud. But is it true that there is no viable alternative to big...
