REVIEW OF BULL BY THE HORNS: Fighting To Save Main Street From Wall Street And Wall Street From Itself by Sheila Bair, Free Press, 2012 By Hazel Henderson © 2012 For worried retail investors like me as well as asset managers everywhere, Bull by the Horns is an insiders account …
BOOK REVIEW: THE NEW NEW DEAL and CLEANTECH NATION
BOOK REVIEW: THE NEW NEW DEAL and CLEANTECH NATION THE NEW NEW DEAL by Michael Grunwald, Simon & Schuster, New York , 2012 CLEAN TECH NATION by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, Harper Business, New York, 2012 THE NEW NEW DEAL by Michael Grunwald and CLEAN TECH NATION by Ron …
Book Reviews: ‘Economics After The Crisis’ And ‘Money And Sustainability’
“Economics After the Crisis,” by Adair Turner, MIT Press 2012 “Money and Sustainability,” by Bernard Lietaer, Christian Arnsperger, Sally Goerner, Stefan Brunnhuber, Triarchy Press, 2012 The essential link between “Economics After the Crisis” by Adair Turner and “Money and Sustainability” by Bernard Lietaer and his co-authors is the agreements that the authors arrive at independently: …
Book Review: Bailout, By Neil Barofsky
Like millions of Americans worried over their shrinking retirement funds, I relied on www.sigtarp.gov to find the truth about where our tax dollars were going and to whom. Author Neil Barofsky headed SIGTARP as Special Inspector General over TARP which Congress authorized and funded to keep track and oversee the original TARP …
Books: Review Of 2052: A Global Forecast Of The Next 40 Years
2050: A Global Forecast for the next 40 Years by Jorgen Randers, Chelsea Green, 2012 This report to the Club of Rome commemorates the 40th Anniversary of its first report Limits to Growth in 1972, which caused wide controversy since it challenged the basic assumptions of all governments concerning the future of humanity. …
Recession, Sustainability & Money: The Hidden Variable
We can avoid future recessions by shifting the money paradigm from greed to good. By Hazel Henderson Recession to Austerity To More Recession The recession imposed by the financial debacle of 2007-2009 still plagues the world. The deeper reason lies in the murky secrets of money-creation and how financial sleight-of-hand …
Hazel Henderson Keynotes MUM Business Symposium
Hazel Henderson keynoted the July 2012 Deep Green Sumposium on Sustainable Business Management. Watch her presentation. http://youtu.be/A1S_1OxGjuU Congratulations to Hazel who was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the end of her presentation.
Book Review: ‘Dark Pools’ By Scott Patterson
Dark Pools is a page-turning, fascinating account of how computerized algorithmic high-frequency trading (HFT) and electronic platforms evolved, took over financial markets and turned the NYSE floor into a mere “puppet-show for TV.” Author Scott Patterson, a reporter for theWall Street Journal, is a consummate observer. Dark Pools is a …
Book Review: Broken Markets by Sal Arnuk and Joseph Saluzzi
Broken Markets: How High-Frequency Trading and Predatory Practices Are Destroying Confidence and Your Portfolio, by Sal Arnuk and Joseph Saluzzi, FT Press, 2012 This insider look at the evolution of high-frequency trading (HFT) from its start as “scalping” in the Chicago commodity trading pits well over a decade ago is …
Transitioning to the Solar Age
By Hazel Henderson This essay has been excerpted as a chapter in WorldShift 2020: The New Vision – Exploring the Evolving Horizons; section ‘From Vision To Reality: Contributions From The Worldshifting Community’ forthcoming from Inner Traditions Publishing (Rochester, VT). The multiple crises human societies experienced in the first decade of the …