The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American “Democracy” Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money in American politics, have you been so free to meddle. There is [...]

Por definición inflación es el crecimiento continuo y generalizado de los precios de los bienes y servicios y factores productivos de una economía a lo largo del tiempo; en la práctica, la evolución de la inflación se mide por la variación del Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC).

El famoso escritor ruso Tolstoi nos cuenta que Iván era un rey sin dinero ni siervos. Él, siendo rey, trabajaba la tierra y producía sus alimentos. Por eso todas las personas “sensatas” se marcharon de su reino en busca de riquezas. Lo que nadie se imaginaba era que cuando el Diablo Viejo arruinó a los [...]

The trillion dollar coin actually represents one of the most important principles of popular prosperity ever conceived: the creation of money by sovereign governments, debt-free.  Last week on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart characterized the proposal that the White House circumvent the debt ceiling by minting a trillion dollar coin as an attempt to “just [...]

En 1969 se llevó a cabo un juicio único en los anales de la historia económica. El caso enfrentó a un ciudadano común y corriente contra un banco. El objeto del litigio y el veredicto deberían cambiar para siempre nuestro pensamiento sobre el dinero, la crisis actual y el portentoso poderío de los bancos.

97% owned present serious research and verifiable evidence on our economic and financial system. This is the first documentary to tackle this issue from a UK-perspective and explains the inner workings of Central Banks and the Money creation process. When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it. Yet simple [...]

How to Turn Election Year Into Election Life Sometimes words outlive their usefulness.  Sometimes the gap between changing reality and the names we’ve given it grows so wide that they empty of all meaning or retain older meanings that only confuse us.  “Election,” “presidential election campaign,” and “democracy” all seem like obvious candidates for name-change.

Pensamos que las restricciones bancarias a la circulación del dinero aprobada como reforma al sistema financiero en EE.UU. son a la larga totalmente inoperantes sino se ataca a los paraísos fiscales. Stiglitz escribe que esto es un comienzo, pero en la práctica no es más que un buen deseo. También existen los analistas que aconsejan al capitalismo para que realice inversiones que atemperen la crisis. Esto es ignorar la esencia de la circulación del dinero: se invierte ahí donde se produce ganancia.-

by Scott Berman October 24, 2009 I have been asked to testify Monday about my experience with health insurance to a panel of clergy who will meet to discuss the moral issues of providing health care. What a terrific idea! In all the lobbying and bargaining in Washington, D.C., we seem to have forgotten about the moral imperative [...]

Cure Millions of Leprosy — or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break? by Matt Bivens October 4, 2009 There are many possible responses to the news that we have committed more than four trillion public dollars to Wall Street. Mine is a roar of admiration. Four trillion dollars! Holy hell! I didn’t even know that was possible! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! After all, [...]