Gerry Hudson, Chairman of the Board of Emerald Cities & International Exec. VP of SEIU address MIT audience during The 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (more)
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Gerry Hudson's Key Note Address at MIT's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Celebration
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 20:02 | by Manish Srivastava
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George Soros: Open Society, the Financial Crisis, and the Way Ahead
Open Society Institute chairman and founder George Soros shares his latest thinking on economics and politics in a five-part lecture (more)
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 00:02 | by Manish Srivastava
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Break-up Goldman Sachs! Get Glass-Steagall Act Back! Max Keiser was Right!
“This financial system is seriously broken and its broken in a way that's going to create maximum danger and damage going forward. It has to be fixed.”
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 17:09 | by Manish Srivastava
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Man´s skills behind Capitalism 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
“What changes take place in us, that we can change the world? How is the relation between us and our man-made world? ”
Is there a interrelation between man and shifts in society? What human skills are related to which shift? What skills do we need to STOP downloading, to turn around, to let go? (more)
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 06:43 | by Eckehart Sturm
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Supreme Court and "The Corporation" - a long history
“The Corporation, a Canadian documentary film, though issued first in 2003, is brandnew today by the 'virtue' of Supreme Court. It is time again to ... (more)”
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Tue, 02/02/2010 - 06:09 | by Reiner Schmidt
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Cap And Trade And The New Carbon Economy
“...on the one hand, you have a functioning market. On the other hand, you do have some levels of emission reductions that have happened. The question, though, that's raised about the European system is are you getting the emission reductions you think when you're buying them?”
Veteran journalist Mark Schapiro joins Fresh Air to talk about the cap and trade carbon economy, how it works in Europe, and why the financial industry embraces it. Listen t (more)
Mon, 02/01/2010 - 15:23 | by Manish Srivastava
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Genetic engineering: The world's greatest scam?
“Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate. The introduction of genetically manipulated organisms by choice or by accident grossly undermines sustainable agriculture and in so doing, severely limits the choice of food we can eat.”
Watch this informative video by Greenpeace on youtube.
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Thu, 01/28/2010 - 12:44 | by Manish Srivastava
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In Landmark Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Removes Limits on Corporate Campaign Spending
“One lawmaker describes it as the worst Supreme Court decision since the Dred Scott case justifying slavery”
How far would we go before it falls apart? What new challenges do you see ahead of us? (more)
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:46 | by Manish Srivastava
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Measuring Wealth: the Monetary Blind Spot
“Microfinance is increasingly seen as a major development tool. Nevertheless, providing financial services to the poor generates some unresolved ethical questions, and its effectiveness on actual poverty reduction has insufficiently been evaluated... we need to revisit the institution of money itself to generate the additional tools needed to effectively increase wealth among the poor.”
Lietaer, Bernard A. Measuring Wealth: the Monetary Blind Spot.
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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 14:05 | by Manish Srivastava
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