Upcoming Actions, Meetings and Special Events

A thought I had since we were talking about the romantic notions of a post office, meeting postal workers and the value of getting postcards last week. As a society we strive for efficiencies and progress and in our discussions Continue reading Ethics conversation needs to assist responsible change→

Great enthusiasm expressed Feb 9 about how to help promote the idea of a Post Office Bank, recently outlined in a USPS Inspector General’s White Paper you can find here. We have a committee researching, strategizing, and otherwise doing mid-week Continue reading Post Office Bank→

These are not minutes; but an effort to get people talking mid-week about about this project. Because there has been a lot of enthusiasm in the meetings about it. Here is a link to the current draft outline, titledoab ol-2 Continue reading Ethics, Finance, and Poverty (Our Next Big Project)→

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/ This article makes a case that the psychology behind “Do what you love” creates a big divide in the labor force- the elite “creative” jobs and labor. I think there is something to it. The same phrase also could Continue reading To continue discussion of respect/poverty… interesting article→

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[This post by Josh Snodgrass reflects his opinions and not necessarily anyone else in Alternative Banking.]   In 1997, several East Asian countries had currency collapses and debt crises — something about banks borrowing too much money short term, sound Continue reading Stanley Fischer, poster boy for austerity, bad choice for Fed vice chairman→