INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 055/230410 G20 ministers and IMF should endorse financial transactions tax to meet looming public resources gap Brussels , 23 April 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has urged G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington on Friday 23 April to support the adoption of a …
The Big Picture
A Patriot’s Day Call to Arms Dylan Ratigan This letter is a call to (electronic) arms on Patriots’ Day. Mr. President, please show the American people the AIG emails. In the wake of the disclosures associated with Friday’s government fraud accusations against Goldman, Sachs & Co., one of our nation’s …
Bill Black and I React to Goldman Fraud Charges
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/the-end-of-government-sachs/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/bill-black-and-i-react-to-goldman-fraud-charges/
Dylan Ratigan on the GS Fraud
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/04/dylan-ratigan-on-the-gs-fraud/
Sustainable Financial Markets: How can we benchmark regulators?
Posted: 14 Apr 2010 02:10 PM PDT Given the inherent risks of downward spirals in regulatory competence – not least the way financial sector firms can “rent” politicalinfluence – how can we design the system to prevent the race to the bottom and regulatory arbitrage? Clearly, we need some creative …
Former Wall Streeter Supports The Financial Transaction Tax
John Fullerton is also on Ethical Markets Advisory Board and Founder and President of The Capital Institute. – Hazel Henderson, Ed. April 15, 2010 John Fullerton President and Founder, Capital Institute [email protected] www.capitalinstitute.org Good afternoon. My name is John Fullerton. I am the President and Founder of the Capital Institute, …
13 Bankers by Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Pantheon Books 2010
Review by Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy; President, Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil), www.ethicalmarkets.com Simon Johnson and James Kwak make clear that 13 Bankers is their call to fundamental reform of the US financial system. They provide well-documented evidence that compares the current size …
The Baseline Scenario
Simon Johnson Has It Right Again (see my review of 13 Bankers), Ed. – Hazel Henderson The Few: Sensible Republican Senators On Financial Reform The Next Global Problem: Portugal The Other Battle Senator McConnell Is Wrong, Senator Kaufman Is Right. Any Questions?
Important New study on How to Reform The Global Casino
Download a new publication by the Halifax Initiative : “Fifteen years is enough: What’s changed in the international financial system and its institutions, what hasn’t and what needs to” with contributions from individuals from •ActionAid International •Centre National de Coopération au Développement – 11.11.11. •Christian Aid •Eurodad •Freedom from Debt …
Earth Policy Release — Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Destruction
By Lester R. Brown One way to correct market failures is tax shifting—raising taxes on activities that harm the environment so that their prices begin to reflect their true cost and offsetting this with a reduction in income taxes. A complimentary way to achieve this goal is subsidy shifting. Each …