Other News: Financial reform: Call to arms

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Financial reform: Call to arms   By Martin Wolf – Financial Times   Post-crisis efforts to bolster economies and create safer banks have only preserved a flawed system   The financial crises and the years of economic malaise that followed represent profound failures of the economy and of policy. Above …

P2P Foundation: Book of the Day: Rethinking Money

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

“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 Crowd Cafe: The Rise of Meaningful Investing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] The Rise of Meaningful Investing Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Crowdinvesting is the byproduct of two strands of disruption: technical and cultural.  We explored the technical disruption in the first part of this series. Specifically looking at low-end disruption, a pattern codified by Clayton …

What is Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

At last , the truth about money-creation is coming to light , as we  also  show in our TV program “THE MONEY FIX”   at www.ethicalmarkets.tv  !   – – Hazel Henderson, Editor What is Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”? By Dale Pierce. Cross posted from New Economic Perspectives Modern Monetary Theory …

Use subordinated debt as asset-liability match, says Cairn Capital

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Use subordinated debt as asset-liability match, says Cairn Capital Asset manager urges investment in financial institution debt to solve portfolio mismatch. 04/10/11 Green investment by pension funds needs stable regulatory environment – OECD Over half of corporate pension funds have SRI strategy in place, says Eurosif Carlos Joly: I support …

America Needs Deficits

kristyReforming Global Finance

By: Thornton Parker Author, ‘What If Boomers Can’t Retire? How to Build Real Security, Not Phantom Wealth’ The U.S. government is not in financial trouble. It can’t run out of dollars and it can’t go bankrupt. It isn’t building a mountain of debt that will burden future generations. It won’t …