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Announcing the Carnegie Council Journal, Ethics & International Affairs, Fall 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS AN EXCHANGE The Morality of Immigration Ryan Pevnick, Philip Cafaro, Mathias Risse (more…)
Peak Oil Conference Highlights: Oil Peaks, America Sleeps
By Chris Nelder | Thursday, October 16th, 2008 As I previewed a few weeks ago ("Reflections on the ASPO Peak Oil Conference") at the conclusion of the 2008 Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) - USA Peak Oil Conference, I have cleaned up and uploaded my notes. For those who aren't inclined to wade through all 57 pages, here are some [...]
AMERICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE
“Over time, whoever controls the money system controls the nation.” Stephen Zarlenga, Director The Need for Monetary Reform Monetary reform is the critical missing element needed to move humanity back from the brink of nuclear disaster, away from a future dominated by fraud and warfare, toward a world of justice and beauty. The [...]
Managing Energy Wrong
Four decades ago no one managed energy. No one sold energy, or bought it. No one had heard of energy companies. No one made energy policy. Yet energy is now the world's largest business. Most of the world's largest companies are energy companies. If you google 'energy policy' you get more than 30 million pages. Hundreds of millions of people are [...]
Barter News: Oct. 7, 2008
NATE Reform Committee Announces Special Meeting For Removal Of Current Board & Election Of New Directors The following is an invitation to all eligible National Association of Trade Exchange’s voting members : You are cordially invited to a special NATE membership meeting. We strongly encourage you to attend this special NATE meeting, [...]
GEORGE SOROS on ECONOMIC RECOVERY & THE BANKING SYSTEM
(MaximsNewsNetwork) UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 07 October 2008 -- The emergency legislation before Congress was ill-conceived - or, more accurately, not conceived at all. As Congress tried to improve what Treasury requested, an amalgam plan has emerged that consists of Treasury's original troubled asset relief programme and a quite [...]
A New Brazil Emerges on the World Stage
Learn more about 'Brazil Rising' Brazil. It conjures up images of carnival, the beaches of Rio, The Girl From Ipanema, and the samba. But a new Brazil is emerging on the world stage. Brazil today is one of the fastest growing players in the global economy, a bio-fuels pioneer on the fast track to energy self-sufficiency, a booming haven for [...]
Why Hank Paulson Has Failed As Treasury Secretary
As Hank Paulson seeks to resubmit his action plan to save the US financial system, Euromoney considers whether he was ever the right man for the job, asks the questions that he desperately needs to answer, and analyses the mistakes he has made which mean, whether his bill is eventually passed or not, he has failed as Treasury secretary. Click here
Global Marshall Plan Inititative Newsletter: Oct. 2, 2008
News Prince (50) and Felix (10) Unite with a Common Vision Each newly planted tree is a symbol for climate justice. Strengthening the Connections with Latin America Successful Avina networking meeting in Rio den Janeiro. People Participation HRH Prince Hassan Interview on "The Leaders" A Regional Commons for Human Security Prince [...]
FOCUS ON TRADE
NUMBER 143 SEPTEMBER 2008 http://focusweb.org/focus-on-trade-number-143-september-2008.html?Itemid=1 running scared dvdrip download IN THIS ISSUE of Focus on Trade, Chanida Chanyapate and Jacques-chai Chomthongdi shed some much-needed light on the political situation in Thailand, and Herbert Docena looks at why a potentially [...]