Japan faces a snap election on Dec. 14 with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” on trial. From the conventional economics perspective of growth measured in gross domestic product, we are told that Japan is “stagnating” with excessive debt. Economists dispense their usual bromides: “open up the economy”; “join the Trans-Pacific …
Japan At The Crossroads
Japan At The Crossroads Japan faces a snap election on December 14th with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “Abenomics” on trial. From the conventional economics perspective of GDP-measured growth, we are told that Japan is “stagnating” with excessive debt. Economists dispense their usual bromides: “open up the economy”; “join the Transpacific …
Building transparency and trust in the public sector
IIRC Newsletter – November Edition Building transparency and trust in the public sector Public sector organizations from around the world have met in Washington D.C. for a round table event convened by the World Bank to launch the Public Sector Pioneer Network. The network is a unique initiative designed to help public …
PreviousNext Bhutan: Reconciling Economic Growth and the Environment: Taking a democratically-based, long-term approach to development.
For nature lovers and those interested in politics, Bhutan is a special place. I can think of few countries that are better suited to observe — at close range — the contest of tradition and modernity as well as the coexistence of the old and new. Few countries have changed …
On the 20th November 2014 UK Parliament held a back bench debate on “Money Creation and Society”.
“Ethical Markets congratulates Positive Money for helping advance this vital debate in the UK Parliament on the politics of money-creation and credit allocation. We also try to break this important story to the US voters in our TV special “The Money Fix” on demand at www.ethicalmarkets.tv or for colleges at …
Technology Initiative launches to underpin new generation of reporting
<IR> Technology Initiative launches to underpin new generation of reporting Wednesday 26 November 2014 – Leading companies providing technology solutions are joining forces to look at how technology can underpin new trends in corporate reporting, and in particular can be applied to assist in the global adoption of Integrated Reporting …
JAPAN: FROM FAILED ABENOMICS TO 21ST CENTURY QUALITY OF LIFE
In 2001, after Japan had fallen into what economist dread: stalled GDP-growth, I published these two articles in Japan. In “Japan at the Crossroads” and “Japan is Not the Only Country Caught in the GNP-Growth Trap,” I viewed Japan through my “Quality of Life” metrics, as transforming from material economic …
Income Inequality: Market Mechanism or Market Failure?
“Cornerstone Capital Group’s Margarita Pirovska, PhD, has published an excellent report on “Income Inequality: Market Mechanism or Market Failure?” Click here to access the report: http://cornerstonecapinc.com/2014/11/income-inequality-market-mechanism-or-market-failure/
World Energy Outlook – the subsidy component
World Energy Outlook 2014 The International Energy Agency released its annual World Energy Outlook today Wednesday, November 12, 2014. The publication provides a timely update on one of the key challenges to sustainable development: fossil fuel subsidies. In this infographic, IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative provides an overview and analysis of …
GGKP Knowledge Update 9 – The OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development (GGSD) Forum, Opportunities in eco-innovation, tax preferences and environmental goals and more…
Knowledge Update Research Programme I Resource Library I Sectors I Themes I Country Data Issue 9 – November 13, 2014 The social pillar of green growth This month in Paris, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is holding its third Green …