print page“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 [...]
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New Site
September 24, 2009 – 4:17 pm
Welcome to the new common good bank website!
As you can see, this is now a WordPress site, so you can comment on any page or participate in discussions in the Forum.
In the interests of transparency, we will be using this site as much as possible for all our advisory board and staff discussions.
Our lead translator [...]
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?
I have been including a 5-minute crash course on “what is money” in my presentations for several months now. Here’s the 5-second version: Money (whether represented [...]
Publicity
November 18, 2008 – 12:47 pm
173 press releases went out today, by email, for the December and January presentations. (46 bounced, so I have some work cut out.) Here it is, along with the rather hokey photo.
PSA / NEWS RELEASE 11/18/2008
For community calendar and local news
Contact: William Spademan
413-628-3336 (for information or interviews)
info@commongoodbank.com
Download in RTF format: commongoodbank.com/files/PR/talks/PR.rtf
Download graphic: commongoodbank.com/files/PR/talks/images
Photo caption: “Common [...]