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At the end of April, the British think tank, nef (the new economics foundation) launched its manifesto on banking. This Manifesto calls for root and branch reform to control the banks and re-building the system in which they operate.
Nef calls for a credible plan to re-engineer the financial system so that it becomes [...]
Billed as “an international conference on the role of the media in the financial crisis” - the European Journalism Center invited Bernard A. Lietaer, Research Fellow, University of California to present his ideas in money systems. He asks why journalists do not question the monopoly on bank debt money. This system he likens this [...]
A recent study of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, in Stanford, California, looks at an alternative style of carbon accounting — one that assigns CO2 emissions to the consumers responsible for them.
“Instead of looking at carbon dioxide emissions only in terms of what is released inside our borders, we also looked at [...]
Top climate scientist, Dr, James Hansen of the NASA, is perhaps best known for bringing global warming to the world’s attention in the 1980s, when he first testified before Congress.to sound the alarm on global warming some 20 years ago. Dr Hansen new book is called ” Storms of my Grandchildren”.
Right now, the policy being [...]
As reported in New Scientist. NASA’s James Hansen (One of the scientists who raised the alarm on climate change) believes we have come to a point where we cannot compromise with climate. Echoing the ideas put forward by this Foundation, he calls for increasingly high fees on emissions until they abate. He claims the present [...]
This discussion paper presents Höglund’s flexible emission fee mechanism applied to the carbon dioxide challenge. This proposal ensures market forces converge on the challenge of reducing emission whilst bolstering economic growth.
This report outlines a method to put a price on emissions targeted by government for substantial reduction or complete elimination.
The tax provides a mechanism by which pollution can be reduced in an economically efficient manner. The basic principle for the mechanism is that the pollution abatement should be cost efficient, not only concerning the [...]
This discussion paper presents Höglund’s Interest rate rule: a new paradigm within the field of macroeconomics. It suggests practical methods to maintain an optimally strong, environmentally compliant and genuinely sustainable, employment-conducive demand in the economy.
The paper contains a simplified description of a method to stabilize real estate markets and financial systems, to prevent recessions and [...]
Established in 1995, the Foundation’s purpose is to offer systemic approaches and solutions to the challenge of developing society in a sustainable way. The Foundation develops and supports the development of these solutions mainly in the areas of ecology, economy and work.