Posts Tagged ‘economic crisis’
Justice @ Home: Winter in America
This article introduces Justice@Home – a growing movement of pro se litigants and their supporters who are fighting the foreclosure crisis and the wealth hemorrhaging from their neighborhoods. They are also working to educate, empower and restore psychic and emotional balance to their communities hardest hit by the economic crisis and the [...]
Global Wage Report Calls for Collective Bargaining, Minimum Wages and Social Protection
Brussels, 15 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has welcomed the second Global Wage Report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). “Today’s report reinforces what unions around the world have been saying about the economic crisis and the policy responses that governments need to put in place,” said ITUC General Secretary [...]
GFB Unveiled!
GlobalForesightBooks.org A New Approach to Considering Current Affairs, Public Policy, Planning, and Foresight The world of well-informed books and reports on current affairs is far larger than anyone imagines---at least one thousand titles per year! In the 2009-2010 period alone, some 60 English-language books have been published on [...]
Joint Declaration Concerning the G20 Summit in Seoul
The economic crisis that struck the world in 2007-2009 is evidence of the failure of neoliberal financial globalisation, which has dominated the world for the last several decades, propelling financialisation, labour flexibalisation, market liberalisation, free trade, and privatisation. Large-scale financial capital has using speculation and [...]
The Big Picture: Foreclosure Fraud – Systemic, Industrywide, Pervasive
Foreclosure Fraud: “Systemic, Industrywide, Pervasive” Bernanke QE2 Speech Word Cloud Banks (like Airlines) Have NEVER Made Money…
Help Prevent Foreclosures and Stabilize the Economy
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is a law which currently covers only some loans. FACT: Only 6% of subprime mortgage lending consisted of loans covered by the CRA. FACT: The other 94% of subprime mortgage lending was not covered by the CRA. FACT: Federal regulators are considering expanding CRA to cover more lenders in the [...]
The Limits of Traditional Economics: New Models for Managing A Steady State Economy
by Hazel Henderson Ideas from 1973 to meet today's economic crisis. Copyright 1973, CFA Institute. Reproduced and republished from the Financial Analysts Journal with permission from CFA Institute. All rights reserved." Download the article here (PDF) Thelma & Louise on dvd Alexandra's Project ripSleepless in Seattle move Chill [...]
