The Looming Foreclosure Crisis: As the Fed Runs Out of Bullets, Local Governments Are Stepping In

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

Mortgage debt overhang from the housing bust has meant lack of middle-class spending power and consumer demand, preventing the economy from growing. The problem might be fixed by a new approach from the Fed. But if the Fed won’t act, counties will, as seen in the latest developments on eminent …

Long-term investing, DC disclosure, discount rate debate, Danish FSA, Kent County, KLP

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

                            Dear Dr Hazel Henderson                 Today’s top stories             Brussels to ‘calibrate’ all directives with long-term investing Green Paper   EUROPE – Commissioner Michel Barnier …

Capital Account Regulations for Stability and Development: A New Approach

kristyReforming Global Finance

New Rules Spotlight on a New Report Capital Account Regulations for Stability and Development: A New Approach By Kevin P. Gallagher, Stephany Griffith-Jones and José Antonio Ocampo November 2011 In the wake of the financial crisis numerous emerging market and developing countries have been deploying what have traditionally been referred …

Science for Environment Policy issue 253: A service form the European Commission

Ethical MarketsEarth Systems Science

IN THIS ISSUE  The importance of boundaries in international river management  The management of international rivers is subject to two main types of boundary: the physical boundary of the river itself and the socio-political boundaries of the nations and regions that surround it. A new study has compared the impacts …

First Solar DOE Loans Full Speed Ahead: 1,300MW, $4.5B

kristyGreen Prosperity

First Solar DOE Loans Full Speed Ahead: 1,300MW, $4.5B First Solar gets a very large Fourth of July present for its CdTe mega-projects. More CPV Funding: Semprius Gets $20M from Siemens, et. al. Can a new approach to chip design make concentrating photovoltaics a contender? And why the flurry of …

GFB Unveiled!

caitlinTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks

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 the economic …