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A Guide to Economic Empowerment: Policy, Anti-Corruption, and Inclusive Capitalism

24Apr

By Patti MohrNo Comments

Finance, Banks, Cryptocurrency, Metals, Global Economics, Human rights, Resources for Research

A Guide to Economic Empowerment: Policy, Anti-Corruption, and Inclusive Capitalism

How Consumers, Savers, and Citizens Have the Power to Transform Society for the Better Economic power of the consumer. Economic empowerment is the idea that individuals are free to make decisions over their own lives and equipped to influence the world around them through everyday decisions. Everyone engages in the economy. Citizens with economic power assert influence through spending, savings, and charitable decisions. Every act itself is a means of asserting individual impact—or at least it has the potential to do so. This recognizes that democracy is not only about elections and governance. It is built on a foundation of empowering society. An empowered citizenry is better able to hold government accountable and serve the interests of the population. Economics factors into...

What’s in the Epstein Files? Best Ways to Search

8Feb

By Patti MohrNo Comments

Corruption, Bribes, Illicit Finance & Money Laundering, Resources for Research, Types of News: Brief

What’s in the Epstein Files? Best Ways to Search

A Network of Global Influence and Corruption Reps. Khanna, Massie, and Greene pushed lawmakers on Capitol Hill to enact legislation to force the government to release the Epstein files. February 8, 2026—The Epstein files expose massive corruption at the highest levels of power, espionage, and geopolitics. It spans fields of high finance, philanthropy, real estate, and surveillance technologies. The corruption centers on the sex trafficking of thousands of victims, including minors. News reports and primary-source evidence suggest that Jeffrey Epstein often acted as an intermediary for high-level officials, including political leaders in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Russia, and Norway, royalty, bankers, diplomats, and philanthropists. Drop Site’s news reports sugg...

World’s 10 Largest Private Asset Management Firms

13Dec

By Patti MohrNo Comments

Finance, Banks, Cryptocurrency, Metals, Resources for Research, Types of News: Infographic

World’s 10 Largest Private Asset Management Firms

December 13, 2025—In the global economic capitalist system, private markets determine priorities. In effect, they decide which products to develop, which regions in the world deserve capital, and how money flows from savings to investment. Asset management firms, in particular, govern decisions over a significant amount of the world’s financial resources. They actively manage the savings of millions of individuals and institutions, putting them into stocks, bonds, funds, and digital assets. In terms of size, the top 500 asset management firms oversee $140 trillion in financial resources.₁ By some estimates, that accounts for roughly half of the world’s private financial assets.₂ ₃ Consequently, asset managers wield significant influence in the global economy. The decisions they ma...

UKRAINE: What Is The Budapest Memorandum, And Why It Matters.

9Mar

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Diplomacy, International Law, Legal Battles, Resources for Research, Types of News: Analysis

UKRAINE: What Is The Budapest Memorandum, And Why It Matters.

March 9, 2022—Editor's Note: When searching for solutions when one country attacks another, it's helpful to look back in history and seek guidance from international agreements that are relevant. This article is the first in a series to help readers understand the background of Ukraine's security situation and international expectations. On January 11, 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up its vast nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees. Later that year, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances with Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom. At the time, Ukraine held 176 intercontinental missiles armed with some 1,240 nuclear warheads and 592 nuclear warheads aboard bombers. Following the agreement, Ukraine dismantled and destroyed the arsenal. Aft...