Capital Flight and what it tells us about how to address global problems 25 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm

1.  Rapid capital flight from so called emerging economies like Brazil and India demonstrates the profound and inherent volatility of global financial markets 2. Also shows Minsky-ian nature of marke...

The Nation: Occupy Bank Cards! 13 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm

The Nation published an article about The Occupy Money Cooperative by Alissa Quart. I have taken the liberty of pasting the text below. Occupy Bank Cards! A band of finance wizards take on the sys...

Der Spiegel: Occupy's Bank for the other 99% 10 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am

A great article in Der Spiegel, for now still in German only, about the Occupy Money Cooperative.  Here's the text: A great article in Der Spiegel, for now still in German only, about the Occupy M...

Animated: David Harvey's critique of capitalism 18 Jul 2013 | 02:50 am

This is a great short video which puts David Harvey's Marxist critique of capitalism into animated form.  It's a compelling analysis, but notably Harvey fails to offer any solution.  For that, well, m...

Cooperative Banking is the Wave of the Future: Ellen Brown 18 Jul 2013 | 01:51 am

In my Occupy banking group, we are gearing up to launch a fundraising appeal for The Occupy Money Cooperative.  More details about this will appear on this site, and on the Coop's own site, in the nea...

"Our forms must reflect our fundamental political values", Interview in The Guardian 16 Jul 2013 | 01:00 am

Liam Barrington-Bush is exploring new forms of political action and organization, from Mexico to the UK.  His book, "Anarchists in the Boardroom" is out soon.  I met him at the Left Forum in New York ...

Buzzfeed profile of me and my work with Independent Diplomat and Occupy 10 Jul 2013 | 06:25 pm

Rosie Gray has written a very generous profile of me and my work with Independent Diplomat and Occupy.  You can see the original article on Buzzfeed here.  I've also pasted it below: read more

Why the West stopped talking to terrorists: a theory of the "Chicago Schools" 10 Jul 2013 | 01:36 am

At a recent private meeting of peace mediators, I had a conversation I thought it worth recording.  My interlocutor, whom I shall call "C", was someone with deep experience of the Middle East and terr...

Good Washington Post video on Western Sahara 10 Jul 2013 | 12:47 am

My Speculation on the future at MOMA, PS1, courtesy of Triple Canopy 24 Jun 2013 | 10:59 pm

I was very lucky to be asked to speculate on the future as part of Triple Canopy's series of lectures on this topic at the Museum of Modern Art, PS1 building in Queens, NYC.