by Chris Hedges Posted on Dec 29, 2013 TruthDig.com Money, as Karl Marx lamented, plays the largest part in determining the course of history. Once speculators are able to concentrate wealth into their hands they have, throughout history, emasculated government, turned the press into lap dogs and courtiers, corrupted the courts and hollowed out public institutions, including universities, to justify …Read more »
A heavy price for banking failure – David McWilliams – Sep 9 – 2013 “No proper funding is a function of dysfunctional banks that are still broken, haven’t enough capital, and continue to operate as if they are part of the solution when they are still very much the problem”
Sir Josiah Stamp, president of the Bank of England and the second richest man in Britain in the 1920s. He declared in an address at the University of Texas in 1927: The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banking was conceived in inequity …Read more »
PUBLIC BANKING FORUM OF IRELAND: PRESS RELEASE. 2 Dec. 2013 The PBFI was set up to bring knowledge and information about public banking to the Irish people. Education is key. Mostly, Irish people think that all banks are the same. However, there is an enormous difference between publicly owned and privately owned banks. The Credit Unions, which are not banks, …Read more »
Ireland Exits Troika Bailout To Prepare For Bail-ins: Nothings Changed & Don’t Believe Everything That You’re Told. Reggie Middelton Friday, 13 December 2013 BoomBustBlog.com Who Is Reggie Middleton & What Is BoomBustBlog? Reggie predicted the of collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers well in advance. —– Reggie quotes from Paul Murphy Irish MEP Bailout ‘exit’ – a return to Sovereignty or …Read more »