by Rowland Manthorpe As the financial system goes into meltdown, few people are reaching to acclaim Margaret Thatcher. Robert Peston has already decided that recent events mark “the death of Thatcherism”.[1] The pendulum is swinging back towards the interventionist state.
FOCUS ON TRADE
NUMBER 144, OCTOBER 2008 IN THIS ISSUE The collapse of the global financial system heralds the end – at least for a while – of the fascination with free markets and fancy financial products. The calls for regulation are coming from every quarter, not least from some of the most …
Is Oil Going Back to 50?
By Chris Nelder | Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Is oil going back to $50? And what does the price of oil, now in the low $60s, portend for future production? Those have been the foremost questions in my mind lately, and I hope to give you some reasonable answers by …
Hazel Henderson Update – And we all thought banks had money
Wisdom from our Advisory Board member, Terry Mollner,Ed.D. a founder of the Calvert group : Wall Street and Love Alan Greenspan, the most respected figure and main financial architect of the Reagan Revolution (“no government is good government”) just admitted before Congress that there was a major “flaw,” to use …
Earth Policy News – The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power
Earth Policy Institute Plan B Update October 28, 2008 THE FLAWED ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR POWER http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2008/Update78.htm Lester R. Brown Over the last few years the nuclear industry has used concerns about climate change to argue for a nuclear revival.
For executives, anticipating external changes is even more important when times are tough
For executives, anticipating external changes is even more important when times are tough, says Economist Intelligence Unit.
Integrity in Science Watch – Oct. 27, 2008
Advisors’ Biz Ties Fuel Nuke Reprocessing Policy The Department of Energy – with strong backing from an outside advisory panel dominated by scientists with ties to the nuclear power industry – recently released a draft environmental impact statement that wholeheartedly endorsed stepped up the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, which …
Technology will significantly reshape higher education over the next 5 years, global survey reveals
PRESS RELEASE Technology will significantly reshape higher education over the next 5 years, global survey reveals.
Environment News Service
The Most Potent Unknown Greenhouse Gas Revealed SAN DIEGO, California, October 24, 2008 (ENS) – A gas used in manufacture of flat panel televisions, computer displays, microcircuits, and thin-film solar panels is 17,000 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and it is far more prevalent in the …
Dethroning The Dollar
The dollar’s decline can lead to confusion. A more international monetary system is required JAMES ROBERTSON 26 Sep 2008 “Adapt the financial sector to compete successfully in global markets.” The 2007 Mistry Report makes a sensible response to globalisation. At least for some years ahead, profits from international financial services …