Youth blast Rio+20 deal as ‘pathetic’

kristyGlobal Citizen

Youth blast Rio+20 deal as ‘pathetic’ Sat, 23 Jun 2012 03:24 GMT Source: alertnet // Roli Mahajan Youth display the American flag, with symbols of multinational brands to protest against current economic policy, during the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 2012. …

Lessons of Crisis: Tomas Sedlacek: Economics Without Morality is Doomed

kristyBeyond GDP

Ethical Markets thanks Advisory Board member, Ambassador Frank Bracho (former Venezuelan Ambassador to India), for finding this gem, Editor, Hazel Henderson http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,druck-822981,00.html 03/23/2012 05:45 PM SPIEGEL Interview with Tomas Sedlacek ‘Greed is the Beginning of Everything’ In a SPIEGEL interview, Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek discusses morality in the current crisis …

Good environmental policy is good economic policy

kristyReforming Global Finance

While a political storm brews in Washington over deficit reduction, severe storms are on the rise, as Hurricane Irene reminded us when it swept up the eastern seaboard. For years, Congress has attempted to appease corporate energy interests rather than produce good climate policy, and with the economy in trouble, …