Debt: the First 5000 Years – a new book about an old problem

From David Graeber, the author: ============= Hello, friendly strangers, I’m delighted to announce my new book…. ——————————————— DEBT: THE FIRST 5000 YEARS ——————————————— is finally, finally out! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Debt-First-5-000-Years/dp/1933633867 This is a work of scholarship, and politically engaged, but it’s also an attempt to break out of the usual academic and activist ghettoes, and I wrote [...]

Five Alternatives to the Federal Reserve: why the sun will still rise without the Federal Reserve system

This article is a neat summary of alternatives to ‘debt based’ money, created ‘from thin air’, and unscrupulously ‘sold’ as ‘money’, as if it were Cash, minted by Nation States, when, in fact, it comes from private bank(st)ers.  

Issuing Money: a ‘Unique’ Form of ‘Terrorism’!?

The New York SUN has published an interesting Editorial on March 20, 2011:A ‘Unique’ Form for ‘Terrorism’, comparing Bernard von NotHaus who has been coining the Liberty Dollar (site removed due to Court Order!) with Ben Bernanke the boss of the Federal Reserve. Von Nothaus wanted to bring our monetary system on trial. Now the [...]

UK Uncut: the cuts are necessary? The cuts are fair? We are all in this together???

The UK Uncut initiative is a wonderful expression of the Signs of Our Times: it began with a Twitter hashtag #ukuncut what manifested as a sit-in of 70 people in a Vodafone store in London and spread across the country in no uncertain way. Spread the word, join in actions, or at least smile! One [...]

Why Spending Cuts are another variation of “institutionalised white collar crime”

Economist James K Galbraith gave a presentation to the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he speaks of “financial fraud” as the cause for the “crisis”. But that’s not enough: Central Bankers create “currency” as “public debt” from thin air, charge interest to the Government (in the UK as much as the military budget) and call [...]

Politically Incorrect Intelligence Books from Christopher Story

The link to Christopher Story’s tribute was sent to me with the comment “disturbing but worth a read”. For me, the real discovery was the list of serials and blooks he’s been publishing for 37 years. What a mind and what a mine of information!  

Billions for the Bankers – Debts for the People

The Real Story of the Money-Control Over America is an article by Pastor Sheldon Emry (1926 – 1985). If you have trouble with the server of freedom domain, please try here. It’s an excellent and bold text with the following titles: Money is Man’s only “Creation” Money “Creating” is profitable Adequate Money Supply is Needed [...]

Repudiate This Lie of a Debt!

This is an excellent article that brings together a few important strands of thought: references to Congressman Ron Paul‘s positive and negative inititatives and limited understanding of the monetary system a superb quotation from Thomas Edison about the fact that the Nation should print ALL its money; his original article can be found here a [...]

Mervyn King’s view on ‘the new politics’

This blog entry by Channel 4 economics editor Faisal Islam indicates how the Bank of England pulls the real financial strings behind the political scene and how the City of London runs Westminster and thus the country, not to say the world. If only it was common knowledge that 1. the first national debt was [...]

Video: How to Fix the 2010 Depression

This video is a superb little summary. Directed by former newspaper editor and publisher Bill Still who produced the classic Money Masters, this short video puts together the quotations from a few key people.