Detroit This was going to be an interesting evening: barbecue, beer, and a wide circle of 25 plus people talking about Citizen Wealth and how to built more sustainable organizations and create social movements. Kim Hodge, the director of Michigan Timebanks, had taken the initiative to put the people, party, and dialogue together to link …
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Community Colleges: Access vs. For Profit
Phoenix My head is spinning. I simply cannot keep up with the rate of devolution from state to state across the country, and the ways it is either directly or inadvertently benefiting everything for-profit businesses. Hardly a week ago, we were talking about for profit colleges finally getting off the government teat as the Department …
Fannie Mae New Purchase Bar: Bark not Bite
Phoenix OK, let me try and get this straight. Fannie Mae (with its housing finance partner Freddie Mac) is already bailed out to the level of about 200+ billion with some estimates that the final federal bailout bill will hit almost $400 billion, right? Most of that is a transfer of their bailout money over …