The good folks from Occupy Wall Street/St Paul’s/the City have rightly drawn the world’s attention to many of the worst ills of contemporary capitalism, but they have not yet mentioned one which we consider to be equally pernicious: the financial system’s almost pathological abhorrence of innovation. All over the world, …
Raj Thamotheram on working together towards sustainable capitalism
We are honored to publish this presentation by Raj Thamotheram, President, Network for Sustainable Financial Markets , of which we are members. Thamotheram is a longtime financial expert and practitioner who has become a key figure in reforming global financial markets. – Hazel Henderson, Editor Good morning. Today’s “Accounting for …
NSFM Participants and UNPRI Academic Network Collaborate to Promote Responsible Investment Research; Raj Thamotheram on working together towards sustainable capitalism
NSFM Participants and UNPRI Academic Network Collaborate to Promote Responsible Investment Research; Raj Thamotheram on working together towards sustainable capitalism Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM Participants and UNPRI Academic Network Collaborate to Promote Responsible Investment Research; Raj Thamotheram on working together towards sustainable capitalism‘ …
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein – A Short Film
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein – A Short Film Directed by Ian MacKenzie http://ianmack.com Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie READ THE BOOK http://sacred-economics.com Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, …
NSFM participants in action: Raj Thamotheram and John Fullerton on the biggest mistakes of the financial crisis; Jeremy Leggett on the challenges of being a cleantech entrepreneur; Iveta Cherneva edits new book
We at Ethical Markets Agree with our fellow members of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets in these insightful presentations! Hazel Henderson, Editor Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘NSFM participants in action: Raj Thamotheram and John Fullerton on the biggest mistakes of the financial crisis; …
Is “Sustainable Capitalism” an Oxymoron?
Guest Post: Is “Sustainable Capitalism” an Oxymoron? We post here the response of Allen White, Director, Corporation 20/20 and Senior Fellow, Tellus Institute, to John Fullerton’s recent blog post reviewing Generation Investments’ white paper, Sustainable Capitalism. We should all feel a sense of indebtedness to Al Gore, David Blood, and …
Kiernan: RI’s reactions to the Generation Sustainable Capitalism paper were dispiriting..and wrong!
Kiernan: RI’s reactions to the Generation Sustainable Capitalism paper were dispiriting..and wrong! That old canard ‘excuse’ of fiduciary responsibility…. by Matt Kiernan | March 23rd, 2012 I have a number of observations to make regarding RI’s March 19 account of some of the initial reaction to Generation’s latest think piece …
Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics
Video of the Day: Charles Eistenstein on Sacred Economics Directed by Ian MacKenzie ; Produced by Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill, Ian MacKenzie “Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, …
Enlightened shareholder value needs enlightened shareholders
Network for Sustainable Financial Markets has posted a new item, ‘Enlightened shareholder value needs enlightened shareholders, say NSFM participants and other experts’ In a letter published in The Times today NSFM participants Catherine Howarth, Steve Waygood, Jeremy Leggett, Charles Scanlan and Raj Thamotheram, along with other experts, have called for …
Pascal Lamy on the Future of Capitalism
March 13, 2012 Pascal Lamy on the Future of Capitalism Dramatically higher income inequality. Unsustainably high unemployment. A financial system unmoored from its macroeconomic foundations. Repairing these three failures will be essential to the future of capitalism and the market economy. This will require putting an end to the underinvestment …