Desmond Tutu via Change.org: Will you sign my petition?

Ethical MarketsGlobal Citizen

You may not know his name, but my friend Liu Xiaobo is a global icon for freedom. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights. Today, this hero remains in jail, as China’s most famous political prisoner. Xiaobo is …

Activists in over 30 countries pile pressure on Governments to back a Robin Hood Tax, as leaders discuss FTT at European Summit

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Ethical Markets is a longtime supporter of the financial transactions tax . Now is the time  to enact it !  – Hazel  Henderson, Editor Activists in over 30 countries are uniting this week to pressure their governments to back a Robin Hood Tax. A huge rally of nurses dressed in …

Peace is good for business & business is good for peace

kristyGlobal Citizen, Beyond GDP

Structures of Peace We are thrilled to release Structures of Peace, a research report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace identifying key economic, political and cultural determinants that foster peaceful societies. Through an empirical and statistical analysis of the Global Peace Index, the report details eight key factors …