‘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
Despite Global Financial Crisis, Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing World Remain High, Finds New Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 15, 2011 Despite Global Financial Crisis, Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing World Remain High, Finds New Report Over US$900 Billion Illicitly Drained from Developing Countries in 2009, Says Annual GFI Study Report Finds Developing World Lost US$8.44 Trillion over the Decade [...]
Hundreds Temporarily Shutdown Access to Port of Long Beach
Hundreds Temporarily Shutdown Access to Port of Long Beach Occupy Shuts Down Ports of Seattle, Portland, Oakland and Longview Economists Support Occupy Movement Say NO to the Use of the Military in the United States The Truth Hurts–And Heals An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports Occupy The Ports [...]
A Review of Hazel Henderson’s ‘Global Finance Lost in Cyberspace’
By Leland Lehrman, Partner, Fund Balance Hazel Henderson's essay "Global Finance Lost in Cyberspace" is a fabulously original synthesis of the latest and greatest in ecological economics and systems theory. There are important areas for follow up. I wish Henderson had provided links so that we could follow up on Haldane's ecological [...]
CELAC: Speaking for Latin America and the Caribbean
"Other News" is a personal initiative seeking to provide information that should be in the media but is not, because of commercial criteria. It welcomes contributions from everybody. Work areas include information on global issues, north-south relations, governance of globalization. Roberto Savio //Reproduction in whole or in part without [...]
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Wall Street Money Machine Ellen Brown December 7, 2011 http://WebofDebt.com/articles On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful case to force the Federal Reserve to reveal the lending details of its 2008-09 bank bailout. Bloomberg reported that by March 2009, the Fed had committed [...]
WS20 Council new Press Release is now available
We are pleased to advise that the Worldshift 20 Council new Press Release is now available at http://worldshiftcouncil.org/press. Please distribute the press release virtually via the above link to your Networks, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. Please also post the attached pdf version on your websites. It's very important to get this [...]
Big Banks Back Big Coal
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Things-To-Think-About Friday, December 2: * Big Banks Back Big Coal * The Scourge Of Soot * Wind Is A Cash Crop In Iowa * Private Sector Likes Solarstrong Yesterday * Today’s Study: Building On Local Strengths (New Energy In Oregon) * Quick News, [...]
Developed nations – led by US, UK and Japan – Try to turn green climate fund into greedy corporate fund
MEDIA ADVISORY Thursday December 1st, 2011 Developed Nations - Led by US, UK and Japan - Try to turn green climate fund into greedy corporate fund. Durban, South Africa, Dec. 1, 2011? Today 163 civil society organisations from 39 countries released a letter exposing an attempt led by the US, the UK and Japan to turn the Green Climate [...]
Global Finance Lost In Cyberspace!
GLOBAL FINANCE LOST IN CYBERSPACE! By Hazel Henderson © 2011 For InterPress Service The robot rabbit of finance – high-speed trading, cloud computing – has outrun the tortoise of government oversight and control. For years, I have documented how often science and technology leap ahead of politicians and bureaucrats. Usually, citizens [...]
Economist Steve Keen on bankrupting banks and nationalising the financial system
Economist Steve Keen on bankrupting banks and nationalising the financial system Interview on BBC World News Hardtalk, November 2011 http://youtu.be/SkesgECRXtM Steve Keen is Associate Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney and author of Debunking Economics. He also writes the blog Debtwatch. Keen [...]
