NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY: SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY:  SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery   Buy a hard copy for £6 plus shipping (60 pages – only 100 copies available) or Download PDF   By fuelling our economy through ever-rising levels of household debt, we are repeating the mistakes that led …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: New Money Laundering Video

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    Thursday, November 7, 2013 Government Must Shut Down Corporate Tax Havens Spain’s New Law on Transparency A Good First Step EU Countries Must Do More to Combat Corruption by Better Protecting Whistleblowers Statement on the US and the Open Government Partnership BBC Broadcast – British PM in Transparency …

reader supported news: Matt Taibbi | Chase Isn’t the Only Bank in Trouble

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Reader Supported News | 06 November 13 AM It’s Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Matt Taibbi | Chase Isn’t the Only Bank in Trouble Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: “There are multiple scandals blowing up right now, including a whole set of ominous legal cases that …

Positive Money Supporter CONFERENCE in London on Saturday 1st March 2014

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  Save the Date: Next Positive Money Supporter Conference on Saturday 1st March 2014     We are continuing to build the Positive Money Community, and next March over 200 Positive Money members will gather together for a day of making new friends, sharing experiences and challenges, and learning about where …

The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland Posted on November 2, 2013 by Ellen Brown The Irish have a long history of being tyrannized, exploited, and oppressed—from the forced conversion to Christianity in the Dark Ages, to slave trading of the natives in the 15th and 16th centuries, to the mid-nineteenth century “potato famine” that was really …

Now Street Wire: Comparative Analysis of Crowdfinance Offerings

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, Sustainability News, Crowdfunding

Comparative Analysis of Crowdfinance Offerings October 30, 2013 by Dara Albright, NowStreet Wire Dara Albright is the Editor in Chief of NowStreet Wire and Managing Director of Crowdnetic, the leading provider of market data solutions for the burgeoning industry of crowdfinance. She is a thought provoker and frequent speaker on topics relating to …

THE IPCC SUMMARY REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR IMPACT INVESTING

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

“ Highly recommended !  Hazel Henderson, Editor “   View online version  NEWS FROM MAXIMPACT AND THE IMPACT INVESTING COMMUNITY. ISSUE 06 THE IPCC SUMMARY REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT IT MEANS FOR IMPACT INVESTING On 27 September 2013, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the …

PositiveMoney: The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  The gap between the very richest and the rest of us has increased continuously over the last thirty years. Did you know that top 10% of population earns on average 6 times more than the bottom 90%? Many factors contribute to this growing gap, but one of the most significant is least understood: the …

Economic Change via Cultural Change

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

View this email in your browser As a lawyer, as a person of color, and as a concerned citizen, Van Jones is deeply committed to improving racial and economic equality while at the same time mitigating environmental degradation. In his 2007 book, The Green Collar Economy, Jones suggested that invention and …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: U.S. government shutdown delays automatic tax information sharing

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Video: French Finance Minister Pierre Mosvovici on Public Registries, Transparency Agenda Getting the Regulations Right: Oil in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo #FTCDar2013: Not in Dar? Here’s How You Can Still Participate #FTCDar2013 Preview: Why We’re Here  Why Are Extractive Industries Prone …