Quality of Life Indicators in Context – October 2014

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Focus on US Employment —  October 2014 Update By Hazel Henderson Total nonfarm payroll employment in September rose by 248,000 which lowers the unemployment rate to 5.9%. August’s jobs were revised from 142,000 to 180,000, and July rose by a revised 180,000 – a combined 69,000 jobs more than previously …

Speed and Efficiency Becoming False Goals in Financial Markets

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Speed and Efficiency Becoming False Goals in Financial Markets Wall Street’s high-frequency trading (HFT) controversies reveal the damage it does to longer-term values essential to all markets. But reform is in the works. Submitted by: Hazel Henderson By Hazel HendersonMisgivings were raised in 2012 by Sal Arnuk and Joe Saluzzi …

CROWDFUNDING INVESTING FOR DUMMIES by Sherwood Neiss, Jason W. Best and Zak Cassady-Dorion, John Wiley & Sons, 2013

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CROWDFUNDING INVESTING FOR DUMMIES by Sherwood Neiss, Jason W. Best and Zak Cassady-Dorion, John Wiley & Sons, 2013 All you need to know about crowdfunding investing by three of its leading pioneers! Sherwood Neiss, Jason W. Best and Zak Cassady-Dorion, all MBAs from the International Thunderbird Global School of Management, …

EIOPA, HBS, IORP Directive, Russia’s second pillar, dark pools, Shareholder Spring

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EIOPA clarifies role of holistic balance sheet for occupational pensions EUROPE – Chairman Gabriel Bernardino calls for ‘exploration’ of EU-wide savings product. 21/11/12 Dark pools ‘harm market integrity’ – Norwegian oil fund UK charity blasts ‘inconsistent’ approach on pay votes ESG roundup: Climate change, PRI, US SIF, Foreign Corrupt Practices …

Book Review: ‘Dark Pools’ By Scott Patterson

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Dark Pools is a page-turning, fascinating account of how computerized algorithmic high-frequency trading (HFT) and electronic platforms evolved, took over financial markets and turned the NYSE floor into a mere “puppet-show for TV.” Author Scott Patterson, a reporter for theWall Street Journal, is a consummate observer. Dark Pools is a …

Consumptionomics by Chandran Nair, J. Wiley & Sons 2011

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Review by Hazel Henderson © 2011 From the Washington Consensus to the Beijing Consensus! Reading Chandran Nair’s book was like a breath of fresh air! Nair tackles all the stultifying dogmas of market fundamentalism and shows how the West’s peddling of its Washington Consensus policies over the developing world has …