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Author Archives: William SpademanWhy Not Start State Banks, Like In North Dakota?December 9, 2009 – 2:15 pm
Common Good Bank will be much better for us than state-owned banks. North Dakota’s bank is owned by the state, so all profits go to the public. The Federal [...] Slow MoneyDecember 5, 2009 – 11:43 am
Last night five of us from the common good bank project joined about 40 others at the Gasoline Alley Foundation (GAF) in Springfield, Massachusetts, for three hours of schmoozing and an interview with Woody Tasch, author of Slow Money and founder of the Slow Money movement, which aims to create “a grassroots, non-profit seed fund [...] Green AmericaDecember 4, 2009 – 7:48 am
John White and I met last night with Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director of Green America (formerly Co-op America). Green America will likely play an important role in the common good bank system. CGBs in the NewsNovember 30, 2009 – 11:01 am
Common good banks made the front page of the Clean Yield investor newsletter this month (see below). We have, at this moment, 42 interested qualified investors. We will see if together we can come up with $1.5 million by the end of the year, so that we can apply for a charter and move forward [...] The Evil Interest FallacyOctober 13, 2009 – 8:48 am
“There is one bit of advice given to us by the ancient heathen Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest: And lending money at [...] New SiteSeptember 24, 2009 – 4:17 pm
Welcome to the new common good bank website! Overwhelming ProgressMay 29, 2009 – 11:15 pm
Hi folks, Money Is Just An Accounting SystemMarch 10, 2009 – 3:23 pm
Money is just an accounting system, keeping track of who is entitled to how much goods and services. Edwin Clarence Riegel pointed this out as early as 1944. However, most people still think of money as something physical — something that has to “come from somewhere”. Unearned income is the root cause of poverty.February 5, 2009 – 10:08 am
Unearned income is the root cause of poverty. I searched the internet for this phrase (and dozens of variations) and came up empty. Why has no one said this before? Great Success!February 4, 2009 – 4:22 pm
I made about two dozen presentations all over the Pioneer Valley in December and January. Turnouts were small but VERY enthusiastic. | ||
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