Ellen Brown: Public Banking Revolution is Now…

The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us As public banking gains momentum across the country, policymakers in California and Washington state are vying to form the nation’s second state-owned bank, following in the footsteps of the highly successful Bank of North Dakota, founded in 1919. The race is extremely close, with state bank bills now …

Ellen Brown: Funding a Green New Deal — Can Do!

The Secret to Funding a Green New Deal To fund a project as massive as the Green New Deal, we need a mechanism that involves neither raising taxes nor adding to the federal debt; and such a mechanism is proposed in the U.S. Green New Deal itself—a network of public banks. Read full article.

Ellen Brown: Funding the New Green Deal — Possible!

The Financial Secret Behind Germany’s Green Energy Revolution The “Green New Deal” endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D.-N.Y., and more than 40 other House members has been criticized as imposing a too-heavy burden on the rich and upper-middle-class taxpayers who will have to pay for it. However, taxing the rich is not what the Green New …

Ellen Brown: Green New Deal & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — New Age Political Theater?

This Radical Plan to Fund the ‘Green New Deal’ Just Might Work With what author and activist Naomi Klein calls “galloping momentum,” the “Green New Deal” promoted by Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appears to be forging a political pathway for solving all of the ills of society and the planet in one fell swoop. Her …

Ellen Brown: Universal Basic Income Easier Than It Looks…And Federal Reserve Alone Could Do the Job…

Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks Calls for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been increasing, most recently as part of the “Green New Deal” introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and supported in the last month by at least 40 members of Congress. A UBI is a monthly payment to all adults …