Earth Policy Release — Lowering Income Taxes While Raising Pollution Taxes Reaps Great Returns

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Lowering Income Taxes While Raising Pollution Taxes Reaps Great Returns www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/book_bytes/2010/pb4ch10_ss2 By Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Release Book Byte April 7, 2010 As economic decisionmakers—whether consumers, corporate planners, government policymakers, or investment bankers—we all depend on the market for guidance. In order for markets to work and economic actors …

The Baseline Scenario

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The Most Dangerous Man in America: Jamie Dimon Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:15 AM PDT By Simon Johnson There are two kinds of bankers to fear. The first is incompetent and runs a big bank. This includes such people as Chuck Prince (formerly of Citigroup) and Ken Lewis (Bank of …

The Baseline Scenario

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Contradicting Secretary Geithner Posted: 02 Apr 2010 03:58 AM PDT By Simon Johnson Speaking Thursday morning on the Today show, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner insisted on two points: 1. If the bank rescue of 2008-09 had been handled in any other way – for example, being tougher on bankers – …

Sustainable Financial Markets: Long Finance Movement

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Ideas for Reform from a British, Market-Friendly Perspective. – Hazel Henderson,  Ed Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:31 PM PDT NSFM participant Prof Michael Mainelli is pushing forward ideas very compatible with NSFM core beliefs in a new project called the “Long Finance” Movement – see http://www.longfinance.net for more details. The …