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Former Wall Streeter Supports The Financial Transaction Tax
John Fullerton is also on Ethical Markets Advisory Board and Founder and President of The Capital Institute. - Hazel Henderson, Ed. April 15, 2010 John Fullerton President and Founder, Capital Institute jfullerton@capitalinstitute.org www.capitalinstitute.org Good afternoon. My name is John Fullerton. I am the President and Founder [...]
The Upshot of Obama’s Offshore Drilling Bombshell
By Sam Hopkins | Thursday, April 1st, 2010 When I heard Obama's offshore oil drilling announcement Wednesday, I furrowed my brow a bit. Then, right away, I checked the Oil Services HOLDRS ETF (NYSE: OIH). That index of companies, all of which bring crude oil up out of the earth, should benefit nicely from new fields in a stable geopolitical [...]
Greek President calls out Obama to regulate Wall Street speculators – Hazel Henderson, editor
Rising to the Challenge of Change: An Address by Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou Monday, March 08, 2010 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Washington, DC On March 8, the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings welcomed Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou for a public address on how Greece, the United States and Europe can reinvigorate [...]
IMF-Style Austerity Measures Come to America: What “Fiscal Responsibility” Means To You
Ellen Brown, March 1st, 2010 http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/fiscal_responsibility.php In addition to mandatory private health insurance premiums, we may soon be hit with a “mandatory savings” tax and other belt-tightening measures urged by the President’s new budget task force. These radical austerity measures are not only unnecessary [...]
Make Markets Be Markets, Why a Consumer Protection Agency Is Necessary
The best advice on Reforming Finance yet from inside The Economics Box. - Hazel Henderson, Editor Make Markets Be Markets Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:30 AM PST I somehow got myself invited to this conference called Make Markets Be Markets. Its a stellar line up of speakers: Elizabeth Warren, Simon Johnson, Frank Partnoy, George Soros, [...]
Green Chip Review: The Bloom Box Verdict: Debunking the 60 Minutes Coup
By Chris Nelder | Friday, February 26th, 2010 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. (1 Corinthians 13:11) Judging by the excitement around the unveiling of the Bloom Box, you'd think it was the Second Coming. The green blogs fell all over [...]
Greenspan wins Dynamite Prize in Economics
New Prize in Economics to Greenspan, Summers for Dynamiting the Global Economy! Sent by our good friend Patrick Bond. - Editor For Immediate Release 22 February 2010 *Alan Greenspan *has been judged the economist most responsible for causing the Global Financial Crisis. He and 2^nd and 3rd place finishers *Milton Friedman *and *Larry [...]
Naked Capitalism: More on Goldman Shorts – McClatchy Weighs In
We support Arianna Huffington and Ron Johnson's MOVE YOUR MONEY campaign . So if you want to move your money from the 4 biggest banks which got the most of your bailout tax money and are still using it and your deposits to gamble and trade in risky, offshore speculation, here are all the places you can go to find a safe , Federally-insured [...]
A Little Populist Retribution: Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share
Ellen Brown, November 10, 2009 www.webofdebt.com/articles “Regular people know that they got done in by excesses on Wall Street, and they see a Democratic administration shoveling trillions of dollars to the same Wall Street banks that caused the mess. . . . What is overdue is a little bit of populist retribution against the people who [...]
