Ethical Markets agrees with Ellen Brown that Argentina is right to resist the US court decision which tried to force an involuntary default , by transferring the trustee for payment from Bank of New York Mellon to Argentina’s own central bank. The idea of an international bankruptcy court , under …
P2P Foundation: Book of the Day: Rethinking Money
“P2P Foundation” – 3 new articles 1. Book of the Day: Rethinking Money 2. Recognizing a Human Right to the Commons 3. Video: a short intro the Aikapankki Timebank in Helsinki 4. More Recent Articles 5. Search P2P Foundation 6. Prior Mailing Archive Book of the Day: Rethinking Money * …
The BRICS nations are going to have their own bank. They say it’s going to be nothing like the World Bank. But don’t bank on it.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/john-weeks/brics-bank The BRICS bank The BRICS nations are going to have their own bank. They say it’s going to be nothing like the World Bank. But don’t bank on it. John Weeks , July 15, 2014 For many years, various officials of governments in Africa, Asia and Latin America have …
The land dollar : a national land backed currency
by Deirdre Kent, Co-leader New Economics Party of New Zealand at Timebank network Poverty is caused because we don’t believe the earth belongs to all so fail to collect the rent from land and its resources. It also exists because we allow the privatisation of money creation. Together these …
Rewarding the Work of Democracy: The Case for TimeBanking
Rewarding the Work of Democracy: The Case for TimeBanking by Edgar S. Cahn. Ph.D. Founder, Time Banking; Co-Founder, Antioch School Of Law, Washington, DC Ethical Markets Media Advisory Board Member This paper is an exploration of the contribution that TimeBanking, a medium of exchange with its own unique characteristics can, and …
[Climate Bonds] Just in case you were wondering … $3.93bn of “labelled” green bonds issued so far in 2014. More coming – up to $1bn expected next week
Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘Just in case you were wondering … $3.93bn of “labelled” green bonds issued so far in 2014. More coming – up to $1bn expected next week‘ Lots of activity. For a discussion of what we mean by “labelled”, see our review of 2013. Issuer …
IPE: Dutch funding, Pension Protection Fund, ERAFP, ESG roundup, ING, GreenOak
Tuesday 10 December 2013 Hazel Henderson Change Newsletter settings TODAY’S TOP STORIES Funding at Dutch schemes suddenly drops as deadline approaches Consultancies warn that increasing number of pension funds now facing rights cuts French civil service pension fund awards US equity mandates Bond returns narrow deficits at UK DB pension …
OTHER NEWS: New Policies Beyond Austerity and Stimulus
New Policies Beyond Austerity and Stimulus By Hazel Henderson* ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Nov 2013 (Columnist Service) – It is time to move the global policy debate beyond the binary options of “austerity” versus “stimulus.” Both these macroeconomic policies have caused untold harm to millions and produced dangerous policy …
Homeland Security set for next Wall St collapse
By Ellen Brown Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup. An article in the Associated Press in February confirmed an open purchase order by DHS for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. According to an op-ed in Forbes, that’s enough to sustain an Iraq-sized war …
Money Morning Oct 10th
10 October, 2013 Should you buy some bitcoins? Why the price of silver could double soon The government is inflating a disastrous property bubble Yesterday’s close: FTSE 100 down 0.4% to 6,337… Gold down 1.02% to $1,305.80/oz… £/$ – 1.5954 From Dominic Frisby, in London Dear Reader, It’s a …