‘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
Homeowners’ Rebellion: “Produce The Note” Defense Picks Up Steam
Ellen Brown August 13, 2010 www.webofdebt.com/articlesIn a Newsweek article a year ago called "Too Big to Jail: Why Prosecutors Won’t Hit Wall Street Hard in the Subprime Scandal," Michael Hirsch wrote that we were unlikely to see trials and convictions today like those seen in the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s, because fraud and [...]
Shareholders and Pension Fund Trustees Should read THE FUTURE OF FINANCE from the Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Dysfunctional Finance: Fix the principal-agent Problem!
July 19th, 2010 Spotlight: The European Commission could pull the plug on shareholder engagement unless owners step upClick here to read the newsletter.
Global Footprint Network: Time for Action is Now
"GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT INDICATOR GAINING TRACTION WORLDWIDE, we congratulate our longtime colleague, Mathis Wackernagel, featured on our TV series in "Redefining Success!" - Hazel Henderson, Ed.This past year has been one of the most exciting in Global Footprint Network’s history. Seven years since our organization’s founding, our [...]
Delicious Overview of What’s Wrong With Economics (hat tip to Paul Kedrosky)
Delicious Overview of What's Wrong With Economics (hat tip to Paul Kedrosky)... Hazel HendersonThe Great Mortification: Economists and the Crisis of 2007 http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2010/07/t_the_great_mor.html
Interesting Items from Barry Ritholtz and The Big Picture
Grantham: Everything You Need to Know About Global Warming in 5 MinutesPosted: 22 Jul 2010 02:30 PM PDTJeremy G rantham, who has long had investments in Timber and Natural Resources, puts a surprising smackdown on the G lobal Warming denialist crowd.In the updated version of Bailout Nation, I specifically mention the same think tanks [...]
UK considers single powerful corporate governance watchdog
July 26th, 2010 RI News Flash: › UK considers single powerful corporate governance watchdogClick here to read the newsletter.
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act from The Baseline Scenario
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act Posted: 22 Jul 2010 03:33 AM PDTBy Simon JohnsonPresident Obama’s signing of the financial reform bill yesterday does not end our intense debates over banking – rather it just moves them to a new sphere. Instead of arguing about legislation, the next arena is the action (and perhaps inaction) of [...]
The Trouble with Tim’s Treasury
The Trouble with Tim's Treasury Crossposted from New Deal 2.0By Marshall Auerback, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and a market analyst and commentator.FinReg may fall short if power is channeled into Geithner’s hands.More depressing news from the “change” President. The Washington Post has reported that one of the [...]
Naked Capitalism: The Summer(s) of Our Discontent
The Summer(s) of Our Discontent Crossposted from New Deal 2.0Another volley from Marshall Auerback, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, and a market analyst and commentator.Larry Summers’s misguided approach to deficits and surpluses could strangle our long-term vitality.Virtually every profile on Larry Summers tells us that [...]
Japan: The rising wave of investor-corporate engagement
July 21st, 2010 RI News Alert: Theme of the Month The rising wave of investor/corporate engagement in JapanClick here to read the newsletter.
