Fix the Economy, Not Wall Street
Why regulate a broken system when we can build a better one? Welcome to New Economy 101.Financial reform is the Congressional political issue of the month. Democrats say their bill will place essential...
View ArticleTax Day Talking Points
There are two tax systems in America today: one for the privileged and one for everyone else.Today, we have a two-tier federal tax system: one tax system for the wealthy and powerful corporations and...
View ArticleMarching on K Street to Transform Wall Street
Tax Speculators: Shut down the Wall Street CasinoOn May 17, I will join thousands of others in a creative protest on a street that most Americans don't know exists. It is "K Street" in Washington, and...
View ArticleThe Unfinished Business of Financial Reform
Lawmakers will need to consider financial speculation taxes in the next round of the fight to rein in Wall Street.As senators prepare to fight their way through a blizzard of amendments to the...
View ArticleMicrocredit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Unraveling the confusion behind microcredit: how some models help alleviate poverty, while others exploit the poor to make the rich richer. By David KortenTags: Originally published on YES! Magazine...
View ArticleThe Illusion of Money
Real wealth or phantom assets? David Korten explores the difference between the kind of wealth that makes life better and the phantom wealth created by financial speculation. by David KortenTags:...
View ArticleMoney From Nothing?
Many economists and financiers believe it’s possible. But what looks like magic is really illusion. By David KortenTags: Originally published on YES! Magazine website read more
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Good Debt/Bad Debt
As part of the New Economy 2.0 series By David KortenTags: Originally published on CSRwireread more
View ArticleGood Debt, Bad Debt
David Korten explains the logic behind a debt-based money system—and why it isn’t working in the United States. By David KortenTags: Originally published on YES! Magazine website read more
View Article7 Steps for Action Toward a New Economy
Seven reasons why our Old Economy is failing—each paired with its New Economy solution.By David KortenTags: Originally published on YES! Magazine websiteread more
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A System Designed to Crash
The calculus of the debt economy equals booms, busts and inequality.As part of the New Economy 2.0 series By David KortenTags: Originally published on CSRwireread more
View ArticleHow Big Banks Run the World - at Your Expense
The recent Public Banking conference held in Philadelphia offered a message that is at once so simple - but also so bold - it is hard for most Americans to pause long enough to understand how...
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