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The Eighth Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference will be held at University Center in Chicago, September 20-23, 2012. If your registration is made by February 18th, the donation is $225, instead of $395. A savings of $170!
University Center's state of the art facility holds 80 people in a comfortable "schoolroom" type sitting, with narrow tables. We want our participants to enjoy a relaxed experience, so attendance will be limited to 80 participants. We'll again do our best to better prior conferences! If you have attended any one of our prior seven conferences, you know that's a real challenge! Here is the 2012 conference announcement sheet
http://www.monetary.org/2012-conference
and here are last year's speaker and talk descriptions:
http://www.old.monetary.org/2011schedule.html
Monetary reform is more and more on people's and organization's agenda's, as it should be. We are making a difference and I'm looking forward to seeing you in September.
Thank you all for your attention,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director,
American Monetary Institute
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eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
Some good news! Paul Solman, long time economics editor on PBS's News Hour, with Jim Lehrer, on television, has focused on Stephen Zarlenga and the AMI, in a question sent in by one of his viewers.
Do take a look at:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2012/03/does-the-federal-reserve-have.html
and make your own comment, if the Spirit moves you!
This kind of improvement in their reporting deserves encouragement.
Warm regards,
Stephen Zarlenga
AMI
eridani
(51,907 posts)Are you in the Boston area on April 15th? Meet Stephen Zarlenga and better understand why our money system requires reform and how to do it! Let your friends know they can attend.
AMI Director Stephen Zarlenga will give a free monetary seminar, in the Boston area focusing on how Kucinich's HR2990 solves our nations severe monetary problem and establishes a just and sustainable system:
Stephen Zarlenga Director of the American Monetary Institute and author of
The Lost Science of Money book, speaks at
The Peace Abbey, 2 North Main St, Sherborn, MA, 01770; April 15th at 1:00 PM. Attached is a flyer from the organizers.
Supporting HR 2990 Continues through 2012 bringing in additional co-sponsors until December 31st, and then getting HR2990 re-introduced in January 2013, into the new 113th Congress.
$110 discount! ($285 instead of $395) The Conference is shaping up beautifully. Really great speakers coming. The deadline for postmarks is Monday, April 30th.
Registration form at: http://www.monetary.org/2012-conference
The rest of 2012 promises to be important and eventful. The American Monetary Institute will continue to present monetary education materials at our home page, http://www.monetary.org
We recommend that those who want to become more involved in reform go there and sign up in the red arrows box.
eridani
(51,907 posts)AMI Director, Stephen Zarlenga will give a talk at Lindenwald, President Martin Van Buren's home in Kinderhook, NY, about 20 miles south of Albany, Now a U.S. National Park.
The presentation will take place at Lindenwald, Kinderhook, NY on Monday, April 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Although reservations are not required, please call for a head count and call 224-805-2200 for directions if needed.
The Lost Science of Money book describes in Chapter 15, how President Andrew Jackson and Vice President Martin Van Buren ended the power of Biddle and his the 2nd Bank of the U.S.
Van Buren's entire career can be viewed as fighting corrupt banking practices, and we'll discuss that. Among many other things he began the movement to end debtors prisons. His work led to New York's misnamed "Free banking law," which modern day libertarians mistakenly think promoted what they think of as free banking, whereas it really instituted much greater government regulation of banking, with much improved results!
Thomas Jefferson had Van Buren spend time with him at Monticello, where he gave him materials and facts to be passed on after Jefferson died. Van Buren waited until after he himself died, and had his son publish the greatest book ever, on American Politics - The Origin of Political Parties in th U.S.
The unpaved Old Post Road that runs along Lindenwald, has been maintained as it was. On that road, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison passed in a horse drawn carriage in May 1791, in their one month tour of the States in which they devised their successful strategy to counter the destructive Federalist Party. Looking at that road, its easy to imagine them driving by; and I've suggested to the National Park that they re-enact that drive by every year in May. All this is about 4 miles from our AMI headquarters.
Van Buren's spirit still permeates this area. After he returned from his Presidency in Washington, there is every reason to think he visited the premises which in the early 1990s became the headquarters of the American Monetary Institute!
eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
Here is another, new, wonderful video from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, on HR 2990. Wow! HOT STUFF!
Please forward it to all your contacts this weekend. Do it for me; Do it for your self and family; Forward it for your country; For all humanity! Maybe this will be the one to go viral. It is at &feature=youtu.be
The N.E.E.D. Act would put the Federal Reserve under the Treasury as part of a larger to plan to allow Congress to invest in our economy without creating debt or inflation. It does this in three simple steps outlined here.
eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
The historic 8th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference is now in the history books. Everyone, it seemed, loved it!
What was historic about it?
For starters, the deputy head of Research at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), presented his paper,
"The Chicago Plan Revisited."
The Chicago Plan had been proposed to get the country out of the Great Depression. Believe it or not, with all the advances in computer technology and modeling programs, it was only 2 months ago that an important economist, Dr. Michael Kumhof of the IMF, put the old Chicago Plan proposal of the 1930s, to the test through computerized simulation. He found that the plan exceeded Irving Fisher's best expectations. Dr. Kunhof's presentation and a panel discussing it are of course in the video collection of the conference.
Folks, do see http://www.monetary.org/2012conferencevideos
for a description of the videos and how you get the whole conference for only $144.
One powerful conclusion of Dr. Kumhof's study, is that the potential for inflation is much much smaller when money is created by the government instead of by the banks. This confirms Professor Yamaguchi's study of the HR 2990, which concluded that it pays off the national debt as it comes due, provides the funding for infrastructure (thereby solving the unemployment problem) and does so without inflation.
People - this confirmation by the two different studies, is really dynamite!
Dr, Michael Clark of the UN gave a talk which you should all watch. He is the man responsible for the IMF creating 240 billion new SDRs a couple of years ago, though the IMF had only created 21 billion before that, since 1970. The Chinese took up $40 Billion of these new SDR's, thereby exiting $40 billion of their large dollar positions, without causing any commotion in the $ exchange rates! The story of how that happened is fascinating, and exciting.
One of the most inspiring talks of the conference was given by Mrs. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, on how to advocate for monetary reform. A real eye opener.
I could go on, but am awaiting reviews from some of the participants, which we will forward.
And now you can see it all on video: All 18 speakers - about 25 hours, sent to you loaded on one 300 GB external disc drive that plugs into any computers USB slot. The videos take up 100 GB, which leaves you an extra 200 GB storage space for whatever you want. Again see http://www.monetary.org/2012conferencevideos
Satisfaction is guaranteed or your payment is refunded.
Of Special Note: On the last day of the conference, after Stephen Zarlenga and 2 AMI researchers (Steven Walsh and Jamie Walton) gave two talks explaining the problems we see with the theories of Mitchell Innes and of what is called "Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)," Dr. Michael Hudson objected to our treatment of Innes and MMT. Much passionate discussion followed, by participants around the room - and its all on video! While the issue was not resolved in the discussion, what emerged was that Prof. Nic Tideman, offered to act as an ambassadorial intermediary between Hudson and Zarlenga and see how the questions that came up can be resolved accurately, since they are largely factual. Zarlenga and Hudson agreed to this process, and Hudson suggested that David Kelley also be an intermediary, and Zarlenga agreed. This ongoing process will be posted to the AMI Google list, and also be available to those who have signed in at the red arrows box on our homepage. Join the fun folks! I'm thinking this process can lead to real growth in understanding whats needed for monetary reform.
Warm regards to all!
Stephen Zarlenga
Director
AMI
--
"Over time, whoever controls the money system controls the nation."
Stephen Zarlenga
Director
American Monetary Institute
To receive notices for free AMI materials,
sign up for our email list at www.monetary.org
(224) 805-2200
eridani
(51,907 posts)The American Monetary Institute is pleased to announce its 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference
September 19-22, 2013, at University Center, Chicago
Early registrations (by January 30th) get a $175 discount!
The 2013 conference will be an important step in the ongoing battle to achieve real monetary reform. The Conference focuses on which crucial reforms are absolutely necessary to cleanse an immoral monetary system that is at the root of so many of America's and the World's problems.
The conference will focus on several important developments including:
Dr. Michael Kumhof's paper, The Chicago Plan Revisited. The importance of the IMF involvement in Monetary Reform discussions cannot be overstated. This IMF Working Paper has taken the World economic community by storm!
Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi's systems analyst computer projections of the excellent results of using HR 2990, and the American Monetary Act, and his work on the transition to a moral system. This re-introduces morality as a key element in our monetary system.
Two important European monetary reformers will give talks: Professor Richard Werner of the University of Southampton, and Professor Joseph Huber, of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
Updates to the speaker lineup, topics, and schedule will be made at our website, monetary.org.
An important 2013 objective of AMI will be getting an HR 2990 equivalent introduced into the new 113th Congress and we will discuss how this goal was already met, or can be met.
The conference is at University Center in Chicago, Thursday, September 19 through Sunday, September 22 2013. University Center's state of the art facility will be set up with comfortable schoolroom type seating with narrow tables. The room holds 85 participants when set up in this way, so register early to assure yourself a seat.
If you sign up by January 30th, the registration fee is $225, instead of $395. A savings of $170! Early registration helps our planning and allows you to book your travels well in advance and save on airfare and other modes of transportation.The registration fee covers conference materials, coffee, fruit and breakfast muffins each morning, coffee/tea breaks, Thursday reception with drinks and hors d'oeuvres, Saturday celebratory dinner, and Sunday beach barbecue!
The Travelodge Hotel - just one block from University Center - will extend the same room rates as last year. Call 312-376-1481 and ask for Mr. Darren Andrews, and be sure to mention the American Monetary Institute conference. The HI Chicago Youth Hostel is another great value for lodging accommodations. Call 312-360-0300 for reservations, and again mention the AMI conference. Several other great hotels can be found nearby.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO REGISTER:
- Register through Paypal - simply donate $225 and we'll know what it is for.
- Register by mail (send check or credit card information to:
American Monetary Institute, PO Box 601, Valatie NY, 12184)
- Register through e-mail (ami@taconic.net) or telephone (224-805-2200)
This year's conference will be important in building on progress made in past years and we look forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director
American Monetary Institute
To receive notices for free AMI materials,
sign up for our email list at www.monetary.org
(224) 805-2200
eridani
(51,907 posts)We have assembled as speakers the main people on the front lines of monetary reform around the world. Here is the superstar line-up:
Professor Joseph Huber of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany's most important monetary reformer. In the 90s he developed what's known as the "Plain Money" approach to monetary reform, and working with James Robertson of the UK seigniorage reform from 1999. His talk discusses various remedies proposed after the 2007-09 crisis and how they miss the crucial point - the monetary "cause of causes" which is fractional reserve banking.
Dr. Michael Kumhof of the IMF, whose IMF Working Paper, The Chicago Plan Revisited, has taken the world's economic community by storm! Two appearances at the Bank of England, since publication in August. Appearances at several monetary meetings. He shows that inflation is less likely under a system where money is created by the government, as money, not as credit by banks. A viewpoint that can't be ignored.
Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi, A leading macroeconomist, whose systems analyst computer projections show the excellent results of using HR 2990 and the American Monetary Act; concluding that they Pay off the National Debt as it comes due; provide the funding for infrastructure (which solves the unemployment problem); and do this without inflation!
Prof. Richard Werner has emerged as the central figure advising monetary authorities of the European money system to cease their destructive austerity programs. He is Chair of International Banking and founding Director of the Center for Banking, Finance, and Sustainable Development at the University of Southampton. His book Princes of the Yen became a no. 1 bestseller in Japan. His 2005 book New Paradigm in Macroeconomics (Palgrave Macmillan) correctly predicted the collapse of the UK banking system and property market and suggested workable solutions.
Prof. Nic Tideman of Virginia Tech, served as Staff Economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers at the White House. Nic is a senior adviser to the American Monetary Institute. His recent work, which became apparent at the AMI Cooper Union Monetary Reform Event, in May, is establishing Nic as among the foremost professors of Economics discussing monetary reform. This talk will show why.
Prof. Steve Keen, top Australian monetary economist Steve Keen who won the inaugural (Paul) Revere Award for giving an early warning (2005) of the debt-deflation collapse. He has built a growing reputation as a rare deep thinker on how monetary systems really work, not just how the central banks have said they work. Thus his blog has over 50,000 followers. Keen has served as Associate Professor, School of Economics & Finance, University of Western Sydney, Australia.
eridani
(51,907 posts)* First, a report on the 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference by Jamie Walton.
* Second, a link to our Google Group posting of a "Gem" of an article organized and written by first time
conference participant, Nick Egnatz.
* Third, an announcement that videos of the complete conference are ready to go out now.
* Fourth, previewing our next communication on the "debt crisis" of not raising the national debt limit.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/the-american-monetary-institute/snyd1CVJZJU
1) The Conference Report:
Participants at our 9th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference had an excellent learning experience as well as a great time! I've asked participants to do reports on it, and here is the report from Jamie Walton
2) Nick Egnatz has read my book The Lost Science of Money, and attended our conference for the first time this year. He wrote this excellent article demonstrating a firm grasp of the problem our nation faces and the solution to it. Everyone is allowed to read articles at our Google Group, and we tried an experiment this year - all conference participants were given the initial ability to also post there. Results are not conclusive yet, but Nick's excellent post indicates real possibilities for doing it this way. Click here to view Nick's article at the AMI Google Group - its definitely worth your reading attention.
Another indication of success comes from Howard Switzer, a member of the Green Party, also attending his first conference, who used his posting privileges at the Google Group effectively by reminding Green Party candidates to support the Party's own monetary platform which echoes Kucinich's HR 2990. Click here to view Howard's post at the Google Group. I want to encourage all of you to regularly check in and view monetary materials posted at our Google Group.
3) The 2013 Conference Videos are ready and available:
The entire event is now available on video for $188 (postpaid-it's lightweight) on a 500 Gigabyte (GB) high quality external disc drive. The conference videos take about 100 GB, leaving you about 400 spare GB of extra memory to use as you please. Here is the link to what's on the videos:
If you donate $188 at our Paypal station, (or send a check with the registration form at the linked site) we'll send you the full videos of the conference now! Donate $222 and we'll include a copy of The Lost Science of Money book (normally $68 cost). (for foreign delivery add $37 for required airmail postage)
Any questions? call 224-805-2200 (If you would like us to find a lower GB external drive, and get the videos for $144. Let us know.)
4) Our next email to you will focus on the ridiculous and unnecessary debt crisis now percolating in the Congress!
Thanks much for your attention, Jamie's Conference Report is below.
Sincerely,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director, American Monetary Institute
The 9th Annual Monetary Reform Conference sponsored by the American Monetary Institute (AMI) held at the University Center in Downtown Chicago, October 19-22, 2013, was another resounding success. Participants came from all over the world to hear and meet a line-up of the best monetary economists and monetary thinkers in the world.
The conference was opened by AMI Director and co-founder Stephen Zarlenga who highlighted the approach AMI takes in moving monetary reform forward and the significant progress that has been made, despite all sorts of opposition. This significant progress includes having legislation written that solves the problems we see on TV everyday, and having that legislation introduced into the Congress, twice! This has never been done before by anyone, anywhere.
Prof. Joseph Huber from Martin Luther University in Germany gave an outstanding presentation of the New Currency Theory (NCT) which supports monetary reform, and compared this with his analysis of Modern Money Theory (MMT). Professor Huber found that MMT reflects banking doctrine much more than currency teachings, and concluded that to be supportive of monetary reform, any economic theory must break off the shackles of banking doctrine and adopt the new currency teachings for monetary sovereignty.
One of the highlights of the conference was at the gala dinner when Professor Huber was presented with the AMI Advancement of Monetary Science Award for his work. Professor Huber showed his modesty by being genuinely surprised to be given such an award, even though it is thoroughly deserved. Dr. Michael Kumhof and Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi are the only other persons who have previously received this award.
Dr. Michael Kumhof, Deputy Chief of the Modeling Division of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC , gave a very clear presentation of his working paper “The Chicago Plan Revisited” which builds on the work of many great American economists in the 1930s. Dr. Kumhof explained how simple it is to separate the money system from the credit (lending) system, and how this provides the opportunity for a citizens dividend sufficient to clear almost all debts, public and private, making the banking system and the whole economy much more stable and work more efficiently (due to lower interest rates, lower taxes, higher investment, and lower banking costs), without inflation.
Dr. Kaoru Yamaguchi from Japan gave a very well received presentation on how monetary reform ideas helped develop monetary thought by comparing the work of Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes, and how the work of the great American economists of the 1930s Chicago Plan era was instrumental in the development of his advanced System Dynamics macroeconomic model. Dr. Yamaguchi also gave us an update on his activities in Japan .
Prof. Richard Werner from the University of Southampton, UK, gave an update on the situation in Europe and described how even simple suggestions to direct more bank lending to public and productive purposes - practices that were commonplace only a few decades ago - are now deemed to be too controversial by “Eurocrats” and most of academia in the current climate of denial. Professor Werner reiterated that the ultimate answer to the problems in Europe is monetary reform.
Dr. Steve Keen gave an update on the development of his “Minsky” modeling software and his current work in Ecuador advising the Ecuadorian Government, which participants found very interesting as Ecuador is using the U.S. dollar for its currency.
Prof. Nic Tideman from Virginia Tech, gave a thought-provoking presentation on a fair relationship between citizens, government and money, and outlined an ingenious proposal in which citizens can capitalize their whole-of-life achievement at the start of their adult lives to help make achievement of greater financial security and freedom self-fulfilling. Professor Tideman always emphasizes the importance of fairness and freedom and advocates monetary reform as a means to achieve it.
Dr. Michael Hudson from University of Missouri-Kansas City, gave an entertaining presentation on the extractive nature of what he calls the “toll booth economy” and gave some suggestions on raising awareness of the solution: monetary reform.
Jim Wert, 31 years with the U.S. House of Representatives Legislative Counsel, gave an insiders account of the vague and tenuous nature of federal reserve and national banking law, and how jealously it is guarded. His unique talk was among the best received, by the participants.
Andrew Jackson from Positive Money, UK , gave a presentation on the UK debt situation and highlighted that private debt is a bigger problem than public debt, but that all of the political attention has been on public debt, giving rise to counter-productive austerity. Andrew also gave us an update on progress being made in the UK for monetary reform.
Jamie Walton, from New Zealand gave two presentations, one showing what a sustainable world we can have with monetary reform, and one showing the nuts and bolts of the National Emergency Employment Defense (NEED) Act, H.R. 2990, for a genuine full employment economy with 21st Century infrastructure, education and health care.
Mark Pash, financial planner and long-time monetary reformer from California , gave a presentation highlighting his experiences in promoting monetary reform to the movers and shakers in politics and business, and how to overcome common misconceptions.
Joe Bongiovanni, former utility co-op administrator, long-time monetary reformer and blogger, originally from Long Island , New York , gave a wake up call to progressives, challenging them to stop falling for the thinking and language of those who want to hold back human progress, and to start becoming truly progressive in their thinking, and doing.
Steven Walsh, educator from Chicago , gave a presentation about engaging and participating with people from all walks of life and all ages about the need for real monetary reform.
Donal Butterfield, engineer from New York , gave an insightful presentation on his experiences in promoting monetary reform within the Occupy movement. He has regularly attended the “Alternative Banking” Meetings sponsored by Occupy Wall Street, held weekly at Columbia University . He related some of the “organic” problems and challenges associated with the meetings
Sue Peters, computer analyst from New York , gave a very powerful, personalized presentation about her experience with learning and teaching about the money system and money reform.
Allen Smith, a teacher at the Henry George School in Manhattan , gave a presentation on how to promote monetary reform by teaching and holding events to get the word out to a wider audience.
More to follow on presentations by Greg Coleridge, Joe Pijanowski, Stephen Zarlenga, and Bob Poteat. I've asked other participants to review the conference and we'll post them.
eridani
(51,907 posts)It is with great pleasure that we officially announce the event, Fixing Our Broken Money System to be held Sunday, May 12th, 1 pm - 6 pm, at the Cooper Union in New York City. This educational forum on our money and banking system will bring together true experts that have dedicated much of their lives to solving the problems that are inherent with the system we currently use.
However, we must humbly ask for your assistance. Can you make a donation to help fund the event?
The Great Hall at the Cooper Union is a 400 seat venue which we hope to fill to capacity. All of the various costs associated with the Hall rental and travel arrangements for speakers are more than the AMI can fulfill at this time.
There are several ways you can help
- Reserve a $10 ticket to the event through Eventbrite
If you or someone you know will be in or near New York City on May 12th, come and take part in the discussion!
- Donate to the AMI directly or go through our Causes.com fund raising page
Every donation is important. Can you donate $10? $25? $50? Your help will make this event possible.
Donors contributing $50 or more will receive a selection of useful audio and video materials from the AMI, including the video of the event in its entirety!
Donors who contribute $100 or more will receive a signed copy of The Lost Science of Money and the aforementioned materials.
- Spread the word
A practical way you can help would be to forward this information on the event to your family, friends, and associates.
Our goal of a fair and just money system that improves society as a whole, can make great strides with events such as this being widely circulated and discussed.
A sincere thank you to those of you who have donated and otherwise assisted in our operations throughout the years. Your contributions are what keep us going. Will you consider donating to help us carry out the educational forum at Cooper Union? Better yet, if you are on the East coast, will you join us at Cooper Union in New York City on May 12th for this exciting event?
Sincerely,
Patrick Notaro
Assistant to Stephen Zarlenga,
AMI
American Monetary Institute
PO BOX 601, Valatie, NY 12184, USA
tel. 224-805-2200
eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
You and your friends are invited to a Free Monetary Seminar in Chicago on Tuesday, March 25th, at the Chicago Temple in downtown Chicago. Please forward this to your contacts.
Learn more about money in 2 hours than most economists do in a lifetime!
AMI Director Stephen Zarlenga will describe how a false and unjust money system creates havoc and unemployment in our nation, while concentrating wealth to obscene levels in the hands of one tenth of 1% of the population who produce nothing.
Fortunately, a solution was introduced into the 112th Congress by Dennis Kucinich. It's called the N.E.E.D. act, the National Emergency Employment Defense Act, HR 2990. The seminar will show how HR 2990 solves the monetary problem. See http://www.monetary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HR-2990.pdf for more details.
Reservations appreciated. Call 224-805-2200 or e-mailing ami@taconic.net
eridani
(51,907 posts)HE AMI 10th ANNUAL MONETARY REFORM CONFERENCE
The 10th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference(Oct. 2-5)
is taking shape as another outstanding gathering of serious
monetary reformers from around the World! And YOU are invited!
Opportunities will include:
* Another outstanding lineup of World Class speakers is being assembled;
* Participants can help chart a forward course for the AMI;
* A Strategy for re-introducing Kucinich's N.E.E.D. Act into Congress;
* Examination of the possibility for any real incremental reform;
The discounted registration donation of $225 instead of $395 continues
until July 18! Thats a $170 discount! (Our way to defeat the insane
sequester/austerity regime is that you can also donate the $225 in
segments between now and October, if more convenient! Just ask.)
One excellent speaker already committed is Prof. Joseph Huber,
Germany's most important monetary reformer, from Martin Luther
University, who has studied and will discuss incremental reform
possibilities. (I called him the "Beethoven" of monetary reform - but he
warned me I was going too far! Beethoven is almost a God in Germany)
Yesterday I got Confirmation that Union Leader Joseph Pijanowski will also be
speaking. Joe is one of the most knowledgeable persons on monetary
questions and his Union leadership (Machinists and Aerospace Workers)
can help our important initiative with Unions.
Confirmed Speaker bios, and topics as well as those invited, are at
http://www.monetary.org/2014schedule.html.
You'll be surprised by some of those we have invited to speak. Take a look-
we'll update it as speakers confirm.
We again have excellent hotel prices from Travelodge; also from the HI
Chicago Youth Hostel, perfect for students at only $35 bucks a night. See
http://www.monetary.org/2014-conference
People can consider using "Megabus" to get into Chicago at lowest cost.
"YOUR MONETARY BROCHURE IS THE BEST I KNOW OF"
Thats how one of the smartest monetary reformers we have ever known referred to
our 32 page brochure available free at our home page at http://www.monetary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/32-page-brochure.pdf
Stephen Zarlenga
Director,
American Monetary Institute
sign up for our email list at www.monetary.org
(224) 805-2200
eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
The Tenth Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference was an exciting event!
There were some truly important "moments" in the live discussions between the wisest and most important monetary reformer of Germany of the last 500 years (or at least since Martin Luther), and some of the most important monetary reformers of the United States in recent history! And guess what? It's all captured on outstanding video, with clear voices! I'm really proud of what these fellows did at the AMI conference!!!
This is an initial report - we have asked all participants to do reports on the Conference from their own perspectives. We'll forward those when they come in, and you can see them quickly at the AMI Google Group. To view that, just click the blue "AMI GROUP" tab at the top left of our home page, OR click the "Monetary Reform Now" color flag button on the right side of the home page, about half way down, OR simply go to: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-american-monetary-institute
The people blogging at that site are quite simply the most knowledgeable persons on Monetary and Monetary Reform questions on the planet, and everyone can see what's posted. All Conference participants (and many others) also have posting privileges there. It could be your monetary "Go To" site, and you can easily submit questions that can be answered there.
I'm now sending out Videos of the entire Conference, on 500 GB external drives, to the AMI supporters who really made this conference possible. You see in August, when we were pretty low on funds, the University Center facility asked to be paid in advance! Everyone is under pressure from the "Austerity" nonsense. We were fully paid up on past conferences, but that usually took some time. Well, AMI's friends made payment possible, and I want to thank them, in part, with these videos.
These external drives are accessed by simply plugging it into the USB connectors on your computer. The videos take up about 100 gigs, leaving 400 extra gigs of memory to use on your computer as you please. It's really amazing - when I did my book, The Lost Science of Money, the whole computer had only 1 gig of memory! These external drives with the Conference on them are available now, for $185 dollars each. Just send it by PayPal - or email with a credit card - we'll know what you are ordering, and ship it immediately. The speakers on the videos and their subjects and an order form can be seen at http://www.monetary.org/2014schedule.html.
To help assure that we hold an 11th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference, please order your videos now!
We "discovered" two new great speakers at this Conference: Nick Egnatz of Indiana, and John Howell of Ohio. We are going to get them in front of as many people as we can! But all our speakers were great!
One of the things we saw at the Conference is that Dennis Kucinich's NEED Act is really growing on people. They are understanding it, and liking it, and getting ready to move forward to support it! Particularly they are starting to see what it can give them:
JOBS, therefore security of their homes and families;
HEALTH CARE, therefore a healthier, longer human existence;
EDUCATION, therefore some smarts; (and a small addition ends un-payable Student Debts!)
AND SO MUCH MORE.
When you are hearing about most of the financial/taxing/debt problems discussed in the media, the fact is the Kucinich NEED Act has the power to solve most of them.
I'll prove it to you: Send any question/statement you have about any financial or social problem in your state, and I'll answer (on our blog) with how Kucinich's NEED Act (National Emergency Employment Defense) Act can provide the solution!
Well, thats it for now. Lets stay in touch!
Warm Regards,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director, AMI
224-805-2200
eridani
(51,907 posts)Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,
Our 11th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference is only 5 months away, and the maximum discount ($195 instead of $395) ends in 2 weeks on May 16th! Please take a look now at the developing speakers page at http://www.monetary.org/2015schedule.html; and the attached 2 page descriptive flyer. The quality of our monetary reform Conferences are World renowned with participants from around the Globe!
We began this campaign for real monetary reform with the research and writing of The Lost Science of Money book starting in 1991 (published 2003), and then the formation of the American Monetary Institute in 1996. Some of the milestones in that process are attached. Please take a look!
It is very gratifying to see that monetary reform is now becoming an "obvious necessity" to more and more citizens! They are experiencing the bad effects, and learning of the unpunished criminal activities of too many of the nation's banks - including the largest banks. People are observing the obscene concentrations of wealth into the hands of the worst characters in our society, that is spawned by our faulty "monetary" system of using debt for money!
It is also sometimes frustrating to see any good people going off (or getting pushed) onto paths already demonstrated by logic and history to be "dead ends" leading nowhere (for example: gold standards; or state banks; or "modern" monetary theories that mis-define the problem out of existence; and now even Bitcoin nonsense!) We have always examined these from a fresh American perspective (in its best sense - not its warlike, empire like, degeneration); and you can see in free articles at our home page (http://www.monetary.org) why we regard all these as problems.
This year, in a concerted effort to reach young people and Greens we are offering a special discount - only $49 for students to attend the Conference and only $79 for good Green Party members. Those are nearly full scholarships! They can stay at the adjacent HI Chicago Youth Hostel for $33 a day, and get into town for $1 on Megabus! We can do this because unfortunately one of our good supporters passed away and left us a few bucks, to get us through the year!
This year we have also made a special challenge to any economists speaking at the conference:
We have often complained that most economists have done nothing to help society understand and achieve monetary reform. Please see the Conference Speakers page linked above for details on how we begin to change this.
Friends - Have we erred in expecting our people to read, not merely be entertained by videos? (Though we do offer free video and audio Podcasts at http://www.monetary.org/media.) Have we underestimated the ability of purposely harmful propaganda to sway and confuse Americans? While we continually re-examine our activities, we maintain a confidence in the future of our nation to achieve real monetary reform, and then be in a position to fix the rest of our pressing problems. We do understand our potential importance in that process. We hope you will too!
So We invite you, dear reader, to help, and offer these suggestions how:
* Read the free materials at our website
* Buy and read The Lost Science of Money book
* Watch and hear the free Podcasts there
* Sign up at the Red Arrows box to receive materials and be on our list
* Attend the 11th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference
* Join with us in political action to support monetary reform as described in Kucinich's NEED Act
(see it and the one page summary of what it does at
http://www.monetary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HR-2990.pdf
Friends, please stay in touch, as monetary reform becomes ever more central to our nation!
Sincerely,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director
American Monetary Institute
P.S. I'd love to meet you at our conference! Considering that there is a special discount for students and Green Party members, understand that the room only holds 85 people in comfortable, schoolroom type seating, and it will be first come first in, so it would be good to register now! (and the discount ends May 16!)
P.P.S. People if you can donate $10 a month, (just press the monthly button at our PayPal location) it would help real monetary reform a lot and be greatly appreciated!
eridani
(51,907 posts)Our 12th Annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference is shaping up as a really important event. The already confirmed speakers so far are among the most important people working on monetary reform, from the US, and from around the World!
These include Prof. Joseph Huber of Germany;
Dr. Michael Kumhof formerly of the IMF, now of the Bank of England;
Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi of Japan; Steve Keen of London;
Prof. Nic Tideman of Virginia Tech; Prof. Ed Stuart of North Eastern Illinois University; and
more! See
http://www.monetary.org/2016-speakers-2
This is an outstanding line up and it will get even better! More top people are invited.
The Conference takes place 2 months before the US Election (September 29- October 2), and will definitely have information relevant to both the candidates and the voters regarding solving the nation's monetary and banking mess.
The nation is ready for real solutions - has been for quite a while. It is time - past time - for the politicians to listen and act! Congressman Kucinich has already led the way.
REMINDER: The advance registration maximum discount deadline is just one month away - March 16.
Plan and act now and register for $195 instead of the higher rates ($195 per person discount
ends March 16th, then rises to $250 until July 18, thereafter it’s the full $350).
There is also a substantial discount for both students and teachers!
See the full conference details at http://www.monetary.org/2016-ami-monetary-reform-conference.
Warm regards to all of you!
Sincerely,
Stephen Zarlenga
Director, American Monetary Institute
224-805-2200
