Nov. 20/08 by Larry Edelson Not surprisingly, my Money and Markets column last week about a new monetary system based on an upward revaluation of the price of gold set off quite a buzz all over the world. It was picked up by CBS MarketWatch, The Financial Times, dozens of …
WHY OBAMA MISSED BRETTON WOODS II
© 2008 Hazel Henderson www.EthicalMarkets.com Obama’s decision to skip the first summit of leaders of the G-20 in Washington, November 15-16, 2008 reflected his understanding that the world economic order has changed. His emissaries, former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa were sent as …
ADVICE FOR SUMMITEERS ON REFORMING THE GLOBAL CASINO
By Hazel Henderson © 2008 Hazel Henderson November 15, 2008, will at last see a summit on how to reform failed global finance. Invited to the USA, the heart of the failures, by President George W. Bush will be the “leaders” of global finance. Architects of the failure range from …
Latest Global Forecast – Economist Intelligence Unit
Latest Global Forecast – The outlook for the global economy has deteriorated considerably following the recent escalation of the global financial crisis. Global growth at purchasing power parity (PPP) rates will, at 2.6%, be the slowest rate of growth since 2002, and below the threshold for a global recession.