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ROBERT A.G. MONKS: Do Not Be Afraid of Failure
Posted June 29, 2009 Bob is speaking today at the World Economic Forum fellowship graduation in Geneva. This is a 3-year masters program that is developing the next generation of world leaders; well-rounded professionals who feel equally at home in the public and private sectors. Read more...
Robert A.G. Monks – Who does annual meetings right?
Posted June 23, 2009 Berkshire Hathaway. That's Bob's unequivocal and immediate answer to an email inquiry about who is the best company out there when it comes to shareholder meetings. Read more...
The remaking of economics: an ethical issue – putting the right questions today
Hyderabad, 18 October, 2008 Session on Ethics and Policy : Socio-Economic and Political Globalisation Introductory note by Orio Giarini l. The remaking of economics : an ethical issue – putting the right questions today There is an ethical basis which moves those who provide meaning and goals to the human endeavour. Adam Smith, as a [...]
THE RETURN OF THE SHAREHOLDER
By Robert A. G. Monks Robert A. G. Monks is a member of the Ethical Markets Media Research Advisory Board in the area of Corporate and Government Accountability Research. Less than two decades after Francis Fukuyama famously enshrined market-based liberal democracy as an optimal system at “the end of history,” Barack Obama used his [...]
Silver linings: Seven post-financial-crisis opportunities for healthier economies
Originally published Nov. 12, 2008 Are there silver linings to the dark cloud of the financial crisis? It is a truism in our politics that only a crisis produces real change. So, looking on the positive side, what might we hope this crisis will bring forward? Here are seven outcomes worth seeking: Read more...
Session on Ethics and Policy : Socio-Economic and Political Globalisation
Hyderabad, 18 October, 2008 Introductory note by Orio Giarini, founder of The Geneva Association and editor of the European Papers on the New Welfare, presentations to the World Academy of Art and Science: General Assembly 2008, "The Anthropocene Crisis: Perils and Possibilities of the 21st Century" Hyderabad, India: 17-20 October 2008 l. The [...]
Earth Policy News – Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
December 11, 2008 http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update80.htm Lester R. Brown At a time when major U.S. companies are announcing job layoffs almost daily, the renewable energy industry is hiring new workers every day to build wind farms, install rooftop solar arrays, and build solar thermal and geothermal power plants. The output of [...]
THE OBAMA CANCER PLAN
CHICAGO, IL, December 2, 2008 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Obama is the first President-elect to develop a comprehensive cancer plan, besides doubling cancer funding. While the plan reflects strong emphasis on oncology, no reference is made to cancer prevention. (more...)
Money, Markets and Climate Change
Dr. Shann Turnbull International Institute for Self-Governance November 24, 2008 Climate change has been identified as "The biggest market failure the World has ever seen", (Stern 2006). This paper identifies the cost of finance as an influential element of this market failure and how it can be removed. One approach would be to use a [...]
Making Capitalism Work for Main Street
Copyright 2008 by Thornton Parker Some of Barack Obama’s challenges come in bunches like grapes. A large bunch includes the aging baby boom, the struggling middle class, and declining manufacturing. Instead of treating each individually with government programs, a better approach is to make capitalism work as it should by using their [...]
