Why Is Finance So Big? Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:29 PM PST By James Kwak This is a chart from ?The Quiet Coup,? an article that we wrote for The Atlantic three years ago next month. Many people have noted that the financial sector has been getting bigger over the …
Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs – Action in 60 countries – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs – Action in 60 countries Brussels, 7 October (ITUC OnLine): With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, the 2011 World Day for Decent Work today features over 400 actions …
Amendments for free – MEPs work with lobbyists to water down derivatives legislation
AMENDMENTS FOR FREE New article from Corporate Europe Observatory Three MEPs were recently caught red-handed after tabling amendments to EU-legislation in return for money. This was a major scandal. But Corporate Europe Observatory has found that it is still standard practice in the Parliament for lobbyists to draft amendments – …
Homeowners’ Rebellion: “Produce The Note” Defense Picks Up Steam
Ellen Brown August 13, 2010 www.webofdebt.com/articles In a Newsweek article a year ago called “Too Big to Jail: Why Prosecutors Won’t Hit Wall Street Hard in the Subprime Scandal,” Michael Hirsch wrote that we were unlikely to see trials and convictions today like those seen in the savings and loan …
Make Markets Be Markets, Why a Consumer Protection Agency Is Necessary
The best advice on Reforming Finance yet from inside The Economics Box. – Hazel Henderson, Editor Make Markets Be Markets Posted: 03 Mar 2010 07:30 AM PST I somehow got myself invited to this conference called Make Markets Be Markets. Its a stellar line up of speakers: Elizabeth Warren, Simon …