‘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.
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ITUC OnLine – Financial Stability Board Must Deliver on G20’s Action Plan
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 001/100112 Financial Stability Board Must Deliver on G20’s Action Plan As the first 2012 plenary of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) meets in Basel, international trade union organisations have submitted their priorities for the FSB. “The FSB’s Action plan for financial [...]
New Research on Global Corporate Control
New Research on Global Corporate Control Ladislau Dowbor January 3, 2012 “There is a big difference between suspecting the existence of a fact and in empirically demonstrating it” We have all followed, for decades in a row, the news about large companies buying one another, forming increasingly larger groups, in theory to become [...]
The Debtwatch Manifesto
Prof. Steve Keen has grasped the global debt picture and come up with the most sensible proposals yet for downsizing the global casino and taming finance , so as to return it to its original limited purpose . We at Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) also support a financial transactions tax , as a simple and equally systemic reform to [...]
‘Inclusive Innovation’ Offers Opportunity for the Financial Sector to Grow and Re-engage with Society: New Report
“Backing into the Future of Finance Looking Through the Rearview Mirror !” This report is a cautious, status quo view, somewhat behind the curve . Hazel Henderson, Editor” Embargo: 09:00 EST, December 16 2011 ‘Inclusive Innovation’ Offers Opportunity for the Financial Sector to Grow and Re-engage with Society: New Report San [...]
New Action Video – 99% Choir Forecloses on Bank of America!
Check out Backbone Campaign's latest creative collaboration with the the Other 98%, and our allies at Washington Community Action Network and the Seattle Labor Chorus: It was a meaningful and fun way to get into the Holiday spirit of justice and dignity for all. Join me in the New Year's resolution to win principal reduction for underwater [...]
Future Finance – Policy Brief: Legal non-enforcement as an instrument of financial market regulation
by Jakob von Uexkull World Future Council In many legal systems claims resulting from gaming or gambling are not enforceable. This is designed to protect the debtor from driving himself into financial ruin through gaming and betting debts. There is a German saying that “a gambling debt is a debt of honour”. Older case-law applied this [...]
Breaking the funding Deadlock of the new Green Climate Fund
by Jakob von Uexkull World Future Council The UNFCCC negotiations in Cancun in December 2010 resulted in a decision to establish a Green Climate Fund (GCF). Many are now looking to it as the solution to climate finance. But nothing has yet been paid into this fund, threatening to turn it into an “empty shell” (UNSG Ban Ki Moon). Indeed, [...]
After Durban: We Must Pull the Emergency Brake Before the 1 Per Cent Drive Us Off the Cliff
Published on Sunday, December 18, 2011 by rabble.ca by Derrick O'Keefe On behalf of Canada, Environment Minister Peter Kent recently spent several days in Durban at the UN climate talks treating the global community like, well, shit -- disrespecting her, ignoring her wishes and just generally displaying rude and selfish behaviour. But [...]
Why Is It So Easy to Save the Banks – but So Hard to Save the Biosphere?
We at Ethical Markets Agree with Monbiot! Hat tip to our colleague, Paul H. Ray, - Editor Climate change crisis is accelerating, and the nations of the world are dragging their feet at what ought to be climate action conferences, so we are falling ever farther behind. Why? It appears that the financial and political elites are willing to [...]
The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One
The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles December 15, 2011 The campaign to "move your money" has gotten a groundswell of support. Having greater impact would be to "move our money" -- move our local government revenues out of Wall Street banks into our own publicly-owned banks. Occupy Wall Street has [...]
