Money Innovation Explores varied money systems such as complementary currencies and local currencies
Transforming Finance – An Ethical Markets Media production, the Transforming Finance series explores developing a shared global financial architecture consistent with 21st century realities, highlighting the positive steps available and being taken to insure global finance operates as a common good.
1000 Protesters Storm Wall Street — provided by TheRealNews.com; Occupy Wall Street movement gains support from unions, student groups and community organizers. Watch full multipart TRNN Occupy Wall St. Stories
Bart Chilton — provided by theREALnews network; CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton says: “A Hair Trigger Away from Economic Calamity.” Wall Street lobbyists trying to slow down trading regulations and defund Commission.
Should Banks Be A Public Utility? – provided by TheRealNews.com; Yves Smith: Finance sector controls the regulatory process – there needs to be a publicly controlled alternative to the private banking system
Austerity and the Destruction of Democracy – provided by theRealNews.com; Rob Johnson: Austerity policies in Europe threaten a deformation of democracy and the rise of ultra-nationalist forces
Bank of North Dakota – provided by Prairie Public Television and the Public Banking Institute; During the early 1900s, North Dakota was dependent on agriculture. To diversify the economy, North Dakota created the state-owned Bank of North Dakota, largely credited for making North Dakota the only state with a large budget surplus. This film discusses the bank’s history and plans for the future.
Austerity and the Destruction of Democracy — provided by TheRealNews.com; Rob Johnson: Austerity policies in Europe threaten a deformation of democracy and the rise of ultra-nationalist forces
Why Save the Euro? – provided by TheRealNews.com; Mark Weisbrot, American economist, columnist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C, explains how the Euro is flawed and how the European Union will survive, with or without it.
“Spin” by Brian Springer – Using the 1992 presidential election, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson, Al Gore, George Bush gaffes are shown — all presuming they’re off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality. Coupled with Alan F Kay’s Spot the Spin, one is led to wonder how much truth is in politics.