Anything But Petty: Small-Scale Corruption And The Need For A Cultural Shift

kristyReforming Global Finance

Friday, March 30, 2012 Anything But Petty: Small-Scale Corruption And The Need For A Cultural Shift Audio: Taxcast By TJN, March Edition EU Transparency Proposal Threatened By Imaginary Laws Corruption In Eastern Europe, Communism, And The European Union We’ve Been Nominated As A “Leading Force” On Transfer Pricing By TPWeek …

World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders for 2012

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We at Ethical Markets congratulate our colleague, Georgie Bernadete for this well-deserved recognition!, Hazel Henderson, Editor Geneva, Switzerland, 6 March 2012 – The World Economic Forum has announced its Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2012. The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders …

Panic Attack: Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal Finds 16 Scientists to Push Pollutocrat Agenda With Long-Debunked Climate Lies

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with hat tip to Paul H. Ray! Panic Attack: Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal Finds 16 Scientists to Push Pollutocrat Agenda With Long-Debunked Climate Lies By Joe Romm on Jan 29, 2012 at 12:33 pm A lot of folks have asked me to debunk the recent anti-truthful Wall Street Journal article …

Why All the Robo-signing? Shedding Light on the Shadow Banking System

kristyReforming Global Finance

Why All the Robo-signing? Shedding Light on the Shadow Banking System Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles January 24, 2012 The Wall Street Journal reported on January 19th that the Obama Administration was pushing heavily to get the 50 state attorneys general to agree to a settlement with five major banks in the …

The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One

kristyReforming Global Finance

The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One Ellen Brown http://WebofDebt.com/articles December 15, 2011 The campaign to “move your money” has gotten a groundswell of support. Having greater impact would be to “move our money” — move our local government revenues out of Wall Street banks into our …

The E.C.B. Fiddles While Rome Burns

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The E.C.B. Fiddles While Rome Burns Ellen Brown November 28, 2011 http://WebofDebt.com/articles “To some people, the European Central Bank seems like a fire department that is letting the house burn down to teach the children not to play with matches.” So wrote Jack Ewing in the New York Times last …

Living Well in a World of 7 Billion

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Living Well in a World of 7 Billion Humanity has reached a new milestone as we hit 7 billion. Never before have there been 7 billion people on planet earth, all at the same time. As we welcome the 7th billion global inhabitant, we also acknowledge the challenges we will …

Energy Industry Continues to Reshape Itself to Fit New World of Oil & Gas Resources

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Two multi-billion dollar deals in the news this weekend provide additional evidence of how advances in drilling technology have unlocked vast new energy resources and are reshaping the energy industry. Norwegian oil company Statoil is paying about $4.4 billion for Brigham Exploration, getting “a stronger foothold in unconventional resources” according …

Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze

kristyReforming Global Finance

Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze Ellen Brown July 15, 2011 http://WebofDebt.com/articles Why aren’t banks lending to local businesses? The Fed’s decision to pay interest on $1.6 trillion in “excess” reserves is a chief suspect. Where did all the jobs go? Small and medium-sized businesses are the major …