Posted 12 months ago (Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 at 2:42 pm) by jwsmith

A summary from our presentation at the United Nations, including a summary of how to eliminate our current unequal economic structure created over the centuries, in just a few words.

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Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago (Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 1:35 pm) by jwsmith

Hi J.W.!
I am writing to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
As I think back over 2009 and reflect on those people, ideas, or events that most influenced my thinking, my coming into contact with you and your ideas would top the list. And for that I have Richard Cook [...]

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Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago (Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 1:45 pm) by jwsmith

Everyone is aware that the Federal Reserve has given trillions of borrowed and created dollars to corrupt bankers. Even Congressional members are demanding the “privately owned” U.S. Federal Reserve be audited so they and everyone else will know exactly to whom our money went and why.
The myth that the Fed is “privately owned” has been [...]

Read the full post titled, “The Simplicity of Auditing the Federal Reserve, Taking over Bankrupt Banks, and Making Them Vibrant Socially-Owned Banks”

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Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago (Monday, April 6th, 2009 at 3:47 pm) by jwsmith

How Iceland, Eastern Europe, Africa and South America can set aside the debts imposed upon them
Professor Michael Hudson’s stunning description of the imminent collapse of the monopoly financial structure which buried Iceland and Eastern Europe in unpayable debt. Iceland and Eastern Europe simply will stand their ground, refuse to pay, and turn to the allying [...]

Read the full post titled, “An Ever-Expanding List of Powerful Blogs That Tell an Amazing Story”

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Posted 1 year ago (Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 8:45 am) by jwsmith

Our presentation to the United Nations International Schools conference in March 2009 on eliminating poverty and hunger. Slides are uploaded and made available here.

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Posted 1 year, 1 month ago (Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at 9:30 am) by jwsmith

By J.W. Smith
Predicting history in advance challenges one’s credibility. But, if the current collapse in Japan is a foretaste, the coming worldwide collapse spells “doom’ for free market capitalism.
Japan’s production collapsing 25% in three months
People must eat, be clothed, stay dry and warm, and they must socialize. If Japan’s economy continues its rapid collapse [...]

Read the full post titled, “The end of the free market system”

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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago (Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 3:35 am) by jwsmith

A short summary on causes of poverty and how society can restructure to full and equal rights for each citizen during this global financial crisis and reduce employed labor time and resource consumption by half without loss of quality of life.

Read the full post titled, “Stopping this Financial Crisis in its tracks, Eliminating Poverty, and Providing Full and Equal Rights for All.”

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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago (Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 3:10 am) by jwsmith

The Institute for Economic Democracy and IED Press are pleased to announce newly updated revisions of two of our main books: Money: A Mirror Image of the Economy and Economic Democracy: A Grand Strategy for World Peace and Prosperity

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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago (Saturday, January 17th, 2009 at 12:00 pm) by jwsmith

By J.W. Smith
With the world economy still imploding the U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pulled out all stops.
The Federal Funds rate was dropped essentially to zero and they declared their intention to recapitalize financial institutions through buying up their worthless debt, taking an ownership position through buying preferred shares, [...]

Read the full post titled, “An Open Letter to President Barack Obama’s Economic Recovery Team: Full and Equal Rights and a Quality life for All”

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Posted 1 year, 2 months ago (Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pm) by admin

Earth Rights Institute’s Co-Director, Alanna Hartzok, Receives Book Award for
The Earth Belongs to Everyone.

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