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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD

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Dec 10, 2017
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Ellen Brown | The Egyptian Tinderbox: How Banks and Investors Are Starving the Third World

“What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” -Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in The Guardian UK. Underlying the…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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February 4, 2011
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Ellen Brown | More Candidates Favoring State-Owned Banks

While bank bailouts fatten Wall Street, states continue to battle the credit crisis. In the search for innovative solutions, some political candidates are proposing that states generate their…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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February 23, 2010
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The Battle of the Titans: JPMorgan vs. Goldman Sachs, or Why the Market Was Down for Seven Days in a Row

We are witnessing an epic battle between two banking giants, JPMorgan Chase (Paul Volcker) and Goldman Sachs (Geithner/Rubin). Left strewn on the battleground could be your pension fund…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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January 29, 2010
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Funding Public Health Care With a Publicly Owned Bank: How Canada Did It

The story goes that Churchill offered a woman 5 million pounds to sleep with him. She hedged and said they would have to discuss terms. Then he offered…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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January 23, 2010
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Escape From Pottersville: Strengthening Banking in the Public Interest

Returning our business to community banks is a great start. However, community banks are not suffering from a lack of customers so much as from a lack of…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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January 3, 2010
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Compulsory Private Health Insurance: Just Another Bailout for the Financial Sector?

Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is quoted as warning two centuries ago: “Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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December 24, 2009
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EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way

Europe’s small, debt-strapped countries could follow the lead of Argentina and simply walk away from their debts. That would shift the burden to the creditor countries, which could…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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December 16, 2009
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Lessons From the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and Start Printing It

“We are completely dependent on the commercial Banks. Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. If the Banks create ample synthetic money…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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November 23, 2009
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Tax the Traders! Make Wall Street Pay its Share With a “Tobin Tax“

“Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street,…
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Ellen Hodgson Brown JD,
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November 7, 2009
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