Campaigners welcome moves to tackle tax evasion, but highlight ongoing loopholes in global controls against dirty money

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Campaigners welcome moves to tackle tax evasion, but highlight ongoing loopholes in global controls against dirty money Washington DC/ London, February 16, 2012: The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development (TF) welcomes moves to tackle tax dodging announced by the global body charged with fighting financial crime. Under …

Democratizing Money – Restoring Prosperity

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The Public Banking Institute would like to extend this invitation for you to attend our inaugural National Conference on April 27 and 28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please be sure to join us for a welcome reception the evening of Thursday, April 26. After the unparalleled increase in interest in banking …

Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain

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Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain Ellen Browneb_small Chairman and President Public Banking Institute An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of …

UN Officials Urge Measures to Boost the World’s Flagging Economy

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“This conventional “inside the economics box” view , with few new ideas, shows how much further the economics profession needs to go to improve its understanding of today’s true global situation. Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-chief” UN OFFICIALS URGE MEASURES TO BOOST THE WORLD’S FLAGGING ECONOMY New York, Feb 7 2012 6:05PM …

Un Official Calls For ‘Global New Deal’ To Fix Broken Global Economy

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Un Official Calls For ‘Global New Deal’ To Fix Broken Global Economy New York, Feb 7 2012 1:05PM The world needs “a global new deal” to break the mould of economic thought that led to the international financial crisis, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting trade …

Un’s Global Report On Youth Highlights Rising Concerns Over Lack Of Job Prospects

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UN’S GLOBAL REPORT ON YOUTH HIGHLIGHTS RISING CONCERNS OVER LACK OF JOB PROSPECTS New York, Feb 6 2012 2:05PM A lack of job opportunities, inadequate education, vulnerable working conditions and insufficient government investment are some of the main concerns of young people around the world, according to a United Nations …

States seek currencies made of silver and gold

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“We publish this speech of Gijs Graafland, President of the Planck Foundation, Amsterdam, so as to encourage more “ out-of-the-box” thinking on how to re-sign our money and credit systems so as to reflect the realities of human communities and the ecosystems in which they are embedded. Hazel Henderson Editor–in …

Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

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Why the AGs Must Not Settle: Robo-signing Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg Posted on February 4, 2012 by Ellen Brown A foreclosure settlement between five major banks guilty of “robo-signing” and the attorneys general of the 50 states is pending for Monday, February 6th; but it is still …

About Time: the case for shorter working hours

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As you read this, the UK is sliding back into recession, unemployment across Europe is at a record high, and uncertainty stalks China and the other rising economies. Politicians call for austerity and little else. But spending cuts are economically illiterate. They wreck weak economies, locking them into a cycle …