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Kucinich Bill Bullet Points

by Peter on September 16th, 2011

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The three legs the Kucinich Bill: HR 6550 the National Emergency Employment Defense Act: 1) End the private creation and destruction of money through fractional reserve banking, and replace it with full-reserve banking. 2) Replace money supply with debt-free US dollars issued by the treasury, in an amount specified by an independent monetary commission. 3) [...]

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PDF of Yamaguchi’s “Workings of a Public Money System”

by Peter on August 23rd, 2011

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Being intensified by the recent financial crisis in 2008, debt crises seem to be looming ahead among many OECD countries due to the runaway accumulation of government debts. This paper first explores them as a systemic failure of the current debt money system. Secondly, with an introduction of open macroeconomies, it examines how the current system can cope with the liquidation of government debt, and obtains that the liquidation of debts triggers recessions, unemployment and foreign economic recessions contagiously.

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The NEED Act, H.R. 6550: The National Emergency Employment Defense Act of 2010

by Peter on December 26th, 2010

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Cick here for a PDF of Dennis Kucinich’s brand new monetary reform act.

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A True Cause for Celebration !! Champagne with Joe 12-21-10

by Peter on December 26th, 2010

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Joe and Pete celebrate this groundbreaking news: Dennis Kucinich has submitted the first comprehensive monetary reform act to Congress in nearly 90 years: the N.E.E.D. Act, (the National Employment Emergency Defense Act).

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Coffee with Joe 8-12-10: PMR Debt-Free, Government Money

by Peter on August 15th, 2010

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In this installment, Pete and Joe discuss the PMR’s recommendation that the Federal Government issue the money debt-free after repealing fractional reserve banking, then contrast it to the American Monetary Institute’s proposed legislation.

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Coffee with Joe 7-24-10: PMR 100% Reserves

by Peter on August 2nd, 2010

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Further detail about the document from 1939, “A Program for Monetary Reform” (aka PMR). In this installment, Pete and Joe discuss the PMR’s take on the alternative to fractional reserve banking, full-reserve banking, aka 100% Reserves, or as PMR co-author Irving Fisher titled his book, 100% Money.

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Coffee with Joe 7-22-10: PMR Criticism of Fractional Reserve Banking

by Peter on August 2nd, 2010

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Further detail about the document from 1939, “A Program for Monetary Reform” (aka PMR). In this installment, Pete and Joe discuss the PMR’s take on fractional reserve banking.

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Coffee with Joe 7-15-10b; PMR The Monetary Authority

by Peter on July 20th, 2010

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A “monetary authority” would be tasked with determining the amount of new money the US Treasury would create each year, if the Program for Monetary Reform (PMR) were implemented.

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Coffee with Joe 7-15-10a: PMR Says No to Gold Standard

by Peter on July 16th, 2010

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Further detail about the document from 1939, “A Program for Monetary Reform” (aka PMR). In this episode, Joe and Pete discuss the section on the problems with the gold standard, and what the authors suggest as an alternative, the “standard of stable buying power”.

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Coffee with Joe 7-8-10: State Banking?

by Peter on July 8th, 2010

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Pete thanks Zarathustra for typing up the “Program for Monetary Reform” which was highlighted in last week’s Coffee with Joe. Then the conversation moves to Bill Still’s interview with Alex Jones a few days ago.  Bill is a founder of the Greenback monetary reform effort SwarmUSA .  He says we need to end private money creation, [...]

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