The Baseline Scenario What Is Goldman Sachs Thinking? Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:16 AM PDT By Simon Johnson The next financial boom seems likely to be centered on lending to emerging markets. Sam Finkelstein, head of emerging markets debt at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, summed up the prevailing market view …
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 …
G-20 Communiqué: Heavy on Commitments and Committees; Light on Actionable Steps Forward
From Ethical Markets Correspondent at the G-20 Summit, June 26-27 in Toronto, Canada June 28, 2010 – Toronto, Canada – On Sunday, world leaders converged in Toronto, Canada to find consensus on next steps towards ensuring “strong, sustainable, and balanced global growth”. Although a few important measures were agreed upon, …
The Baseline Scenario: JP Morgan Responds To Financial Reform: The Poison Pill Strategy
Posted: 26 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT By Simon Johnson While the financial reform negotiation process grinds to its meaningless conclusion, the real action lies elsewhere – in Jamie Dimon’s executive suite. Dimon, the head of JP Morgan Chase, is apparently seeking to (a) become more global, (b) move further …
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 …
“Chuck Prince” Is Going To Run This Bank (Into The Ground)
“Chuck Prince” Is Going To Run This Bank (Into The Ground) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:51 AM PDT By Simon Johnson “Breaking up big banks would actually increase system risk” is a refrain heard from top administration officials, ever more vocal after they helped kill the Brown-Kaufman amendment (that would …
ITUC OnLine – ITUC Congress debates global employment crisis and the call for stronger regulations of the financial sector
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine ITUC Congress debates global employment crisis and the call for stronger regulations of the financial sector. Vancouver, 23 June 2010: As the ITUC’s Congress moved into its second day, the state of the world economy and the global employment crisis continued to be heavily …
Paul Krugman For OMB
Paul Krugman For OMB Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:13 AM PDT By Simon Johnson The president should nominate Paul Krugman to replace Peter Orszag as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (Orszag resignation details are here.) We have previously reviewed Krugman’s outstanding qualifications for this (or any …
The Baseline Scenario
Dead On Arrival: Financial Reform Fails Posted: 21 Jun 2010 04:04 AM PDT By Simon Johnson The House-Senate reconciliation process is still underway and some details will still change. But the broad contours of “financial reform” are already completely clear; there are no last minute miracles at this level of …
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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010 Bob Monks: Financial Reform Bill is Tragic For Corporate Governance Congress missed the opportunity to effect real change on corporate governance issues, Bob said in new video this week. He talked about a range of issues including Delaware Law, the failure of the SEC to enforce …