‘Reforming Global Finance’
News, opinion, proposals for reforming finance at global and national levels. Tracks new laws to curb speculative finance, transaction taxes and how financiers caused the collapse of 2008-9. News on monetary-systems reform of the Federal Reserve, IMF, World Bank, BIS and central banks.
Relates to: SRI, Transforming Finance, Beyond GDP, Community Development Solutions, Reports You Need, EthicalMarkets.tv
Sustainable Money
Ethical Markets Review publishes this highly-original, carefully researched paper by renowned Brazilian physicist-mathematician-technology assessor and cultural critic, Rose Marie Muraro, as a contribution to the widening debate on how to re-design money creation and credit allocation. Author of many books, Muraro was made an Honorary Citizen of [...]
Cameron Criticises European Financial Tax
Some news for you on the subject of developments in Europe concerning the financial transaction tax. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0c4fcda4-4843-11e1-941c-00144feabdc0.html#comment-1766626 … is an article in the Financial Times of 120126 -- by Chris Giles in Davos, George Parker in London and Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin – under the [...]
Global Financial Integrity Launches New Report on Illicit Financial Flows from Mexico
Monday, January 30, 2012 From the Task Force Blog: Global Financial Integrity Launches New Report on Illicit Financial Flows from Mexico Featured Allied Organization of the Week: The Council on Geopolitics Will U.S. and EU Sanctions Halt Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions? What President Obama Got Right (and Wrong) in the State of the [...]
Chicago Teachers Back Reforming the Fed
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, Two important announcements: First: The 29,000 member Chicago Teachers Union passed a resolution in strong support of Dennis Kucinich's HR 2990 NEED Act! (National Employment Emergency Defense)Please see the attachment for their thoughtful resolution. Kucinich's HR 2990 dismantles the [...]
Why All the Robo-signing? Shedding Light on the Shadow Banking System
Why All the Robo-signing? Shedding Light on the Shadow Banking System Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles January 24, 2012 The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19th that the Obama Administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the “robo-signing” [...]
Responsible investment: Uncomfortable truths highlighted by Henderson
Responsible investment: Uncomfortable truths highlighted by Henderson Posted by Rory Sullivan on Jan 10, 2012 The closure of Henderson Global Investors SRI research team raises questions about investment incentives and motives In a recent article for Ethical Corporation, Mike Tyrrell set what he saw as the challenges for the socially [...]
Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar)
AMERICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE PO BOX 601, VALATIE, NY 12184 Tel. 518-392-5387, ami@taconic.net http://www.monetary.org Stephen Zarlenga, Director Friday, September 3, 2010 U.S. Green Party National Committee Approves Monetary Reform Plank: Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar) While the banking reforms outlined in [...]
New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 12 January 2012 From: Friends of the Earth Europe NEW REPORT: EUROPEAN BANKS FUELLING FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY AND HUNGER European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a new [...]
Streaming Live 1-12-12: Investor Summit on Climate Risk & Energy Solutions
Watch CERES.org live stream here. The fifth Investor Summit on Climate Risk & Energy Solutions, is taking place today, Thursday January 12, 2012, to address: The latest innovations in financing mechanisms for scaling climate and energy solutions, including clean technology, energy efficiency and green infrastructure [...]
Public Hearing in the European Parliament
PUBLIC HEARING IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Brussels - 28 February 2012 A European policy for employee ownership and participation I am delighted to invite you to a public hearing in the European Parliament, about: "A European policy for employee ownership and participation". The hearing will take place on February 28, 2012 from 9:00 to 13:30 in [...]
