Fast-track Hands the Money Monopoly to Private Banks – Permanently
June 14, 2015 8:22 pm Leave your thoughts
In March 2014, the Bank of England let the cat out of the bag
Tag Archive: North America
Derailing Amtrak
May 25, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Tracking the Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
April 25, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts On April 22, 2015, the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
How America Became an Oligarchy
April 7, 2015 8:29 pm Leave your thoughts According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists
California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?
March 25, 2015 10:41 pm Leave your thoughts In California's epic drought, wars over water rights continue, while innovative alternatives for increasing the available water supply go untapped
Israeli Prime Minister to appear before the US Congress
March 3, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
The much hyped up appearance of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress
Swimming With Sharks: Goldman Sachs, Schools and Capital Appreciation Bonds
February 24, 2015 4:44 pm Leave your thoughts Remember when Goldman Sachs - dubbed by Matt Taibbi the Vampire Squid - sold derivatives to Greece so the government could conceal its debt, then bet against that debt, driving it up?
Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?
February 13, 2015 12:00 am Leave your thoughts In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation's only state-owned bank, is more profitable than Goldman Sachs Group
The TTIP trade deal will throw equality before the law on the corporate bonfire
January 20, 2015 8:14 am Leave your thoughts
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a reckless destruction of democratic principles. But we can beat it, writes George Monbiot.
The British government is leading a gunpowder plot against democracy
November 5, 2014 7:59 am Leave your thoughts This bill of corporate rights threatens to blow the sovereignty of parliament unless it can be stopped, writes George Monbiot.