Posts Tagged ‘financial instruments’
Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar)
AMERICAN MONETARY INSTITUTE PO BOX 601, VALATIE, NY 12184 Tel. 518-392-5387, ami@taconic.net http://www.monetary.org Stephen Zarlenga, Director Friday, September 3, 2010 U.S. Green Party National Committee Approves Monetary Reform Plank: Monetary Reform Plank of the US Green Party (Greening the dollar) While the banking reforms outlined in [...]
Future Finance – Policy Brief: Legal non-enforcement as an instrument of financial market regulation
by Jakob von Uexkull World Future Council In many legal systems claims resulting from gaming or gambling are not enforceable. This is designed to protect the debtor from driving himself into financial ruin through gaming and betting debts. There is a German saying that “a gambling debt is a debt of honour”. Older case-law applied this [...]
Carbon Bubble Growing, but Markets Aren’t Listening
Published on GreenBiz.com (http://www.greenbiz.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carbon Bubble Growing, but Markets Aren't Listening By James Leaton Created 2011-07-15 04:46 How much carbon dioxide would be released if all the proven fossil fuel reserves owned by public companies was [...]
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Bulletin
Volume 141 Number 4 - Thursday, 12 May 2011 GLOBAL PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Wednesday, 11 May 2011 On Wednesday, participants continued meeting in plenary to discuss the economics of disasters, followed by an informal plenary on the implementation of the outcomes of the Mid-term Review of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). A high-level [...]
Calling Wall Street to Account
“Calling Wall Street to Account” by Alan F Kay, PhD © 2011 In 1967 I started “AutEx” with a name that reflected the function of my Company. Automation would bring computerization to the financial industry way beyond an Exchange, a place where floor traders went face-to-face to complete a transaction. Brokers, dealers, and [...]
We are Proud to Recommend The Blue Economy by Dr. Gunter Pauli, a member of Ethical Markets distinguished Advisory Board. – Hazel Henderson, Ed.
THE BLUE ECONOMY By Gunter Pauli (*) TOKYO, Jun (IPS) The world is in need of a new economic model. Who doubts this while the debate on climate change decelerates and the temperature of the earth rises, along with unemployment and poverty levels. We have to search for solutions beyond the obvious and make quantum leaps. (more...)
A Smart Investment in SMEs
Insights from Ethical Markets Correspondent, Tim Nash at the G-20 - Ed. The big debate at the G20 so far seems to be a conflict of opinion about fiscal policy. On the one hand, you have countries who are worried that government deficits are creating debt overloads that are swarming budgets with interest payments. On the other hand, you [...]
