[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Public Banking 2013 - Funding the New Economy Daily Update]

[agnes at mcn.org]

Hi occupy,
Here's a view into one of the slide presentations on the Post offices that
are up for sale in many large cities, selling off our heritage of Works
Project Art Work during the New Deal Era.


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In response to a recent article over at Business Week,
"Snipping Credit lines for Small Businesses", which discusses how
JPMorgan Chase and others are slashing small-business lending in
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The jobs issue is the classic argument for growth. There
are other ways of taking care of a growing population....service
work, job sharing,return to agriculture... the list keeps
growing. Cheap ...
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Since we have now seen the presentations at PBA2013 on the
artificial financial woes of the USPS, we know the selling of
post office buildings is a serious outcome. Looking at it from
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These are all good points.

If Public Banking were adopted in every state, would there be
more growth or less? Is all growth bad or just some growth. How
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Philosophically speaking, a good point to bring up in
certain company is the fact that even Adam Smith warned there
were limits to growth in Wealth of Nations. Both John Stewart
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So glad to see this discussion here!

My take on these issues is largely informed by the work of Tim
Jackson, Professor of Sustainable Development at the University
of Surrey and NEF (the new econ...
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All good and I for one appreciate the input about various
measures of "growth" and the "happiness" index.

But based on what I recall, I don't think the C-word ("capita...
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As to the measures issue, might I direct your attention to
www.gnhusa.org Its the web site of our organization Gross
National Happiness USA. In turn, its was modeled on the GNH
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Anyway, public banks don't HAVE to issue interest-bearing
debt. OR public banks could choose to issue debt for certain
agreed-upon purposes at extremely low interest. For example,
long-term CD&...
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This is a great conversation and I wish I had somehow built
this topic into the conference. Lots of great comments here...I
just want to add that, while there is wide recognition within the
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