For This Generation The Icb Is Missing A Significant Opportunity

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Serious proposals and practices relating to money creation are not new and they are international, deserving of a full appraisal. Interested people, who have followed the work of the Commission, see a missing dimension in the reform of money itself. In its terms of reference, in the context of a …

The Global Debt Crisis: How We Got In It And How To Get Out

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The Global Debt Crisis: How We Got In It And How To Get Out Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D. http://WebofDebt.com/articles June 6, 2011 Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets are being sold off, in a …

The Banking Emperor Has No Clothes

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An article from The Baseline Scenario The Banking Emperor Has No Clothes Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:10 AM PDT By Simon Johnson In a major speech earlier this week to an American Bankers Association conference, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out his view of what went wrong in the financial …

Inflation Fears: Real or Hysteria?

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Inflation Fears: Real or Hysteria? Ellen Brown www.webofdebt.com/articles May 9, 2011 Debate continues to rage between the inflationists who say the money supply is increasing, dangerously devaluing the currency, and the deflationists who say we need more money in the economy to stimulate productivity. The debate is not just an …

The Vickers Commission Report On Banking

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An article from The Baseline Scenario The Vickers Commission Report On Banking Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:14 AM PDT By Simon Johnson Will the Vickers Commission report on UK banking – with a preliminary report released today – have a major positive impact? Not likely in our assessment – see …

A Healthy Financial System Cannot Be Built On The Expectation Of Bailouts

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A publication from Baseline Scenario A Healthy Financial System Cannot Be Built On The Expectation Of Bailouts Posted: 05 Mar 2011 06:43 AM PST By Simon Johnson. Testimony submitted to the Congressional Oversight Panel, ?Hearing on the TARP?s Impact on Financial Stability,? Friday, March 4, 2011. I. Summary 1) The …

Taming the Giant Squid – a thoughtful night in Kings Cross, London

Ethical Markets - RPoetry by Hazel Henderson

Lisa Cowan, European Correspondent, Ethical Markets I feel somewhat duplicitous in writing about a meeting which began with the request that ‘no words about this meeting should leave this room.’ My hope is that my aim of celebrating the fact of this meeting and wishing to advocate such occurrences will earn forgiveness from …