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• VIDEO: Beyond Crisis – Rowan Williams keynote speech

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 540
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, gives a keynote speech to Beyond Crisis, the TUC/Guardian conference on a progressive response to the financial crisis. 16 November 2009. You can read the full text of Rowan Williams’ speech at his own website. by ToUChstoneblog on 16/11/2009 [1 comment]
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• Without a fairer, greener and more equal economy, the next crisis will be worse

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 540
  This is what I said to today’s Beyond Crisis conference organised by the TUC: My argument today is pretty straightforward: there can be no going back to business as usual. Unless we build an economy that is fairer, greener and more equal, the next crisis we face will surely be even worse. The status quo is not, ...
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• Don’t cling to cash if you can pay down debt

  
  Ask Liz Weston — Authority: 467
  Dear Liz: In a recent column, you advised someone to pay off credit card debt with his emergency fund. I agree that “Clinging to cash that’s earning less than 2% doesn’t make sense when your debt is . . . costing you a double-digit interest rate.” But isn’t that “old school” thinking? Aren’t we all ...
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• Randroids On The March

  
  The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — Authority: 532
  This is golden: 2009s most influential author is a mirthless Russian-American who loves money, hates God, and swings a gigantic dick. She died in 1982, but her spawn soldier on. And the Great Recession is all their fault. Its a brilliant take down of Rand. One more quote. I just cant resist: The days during ...
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• The EM Outlook: Risks And Opportunities In The Next Decade

  
  Risk Watchdog — Authority: 124
  On November 12, Business Monitor International hosted a major investors conference on the risks, opportunities and outlook for emerging markets over the coming decade. Justin Patrie talks with senior BMI strategists Terry Alexander and Tim Cooper about some of the themes and surprises that emerged from the conference. ...
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• Need to improve competition in the agricultural market, says Pranab Mukherjee

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  New Delhi, Nov 16(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that there is a need to improve competition in the agricultural market to benefit farmers as well as the consumers. Addressing a conference on Competition, Public Policy and Common Man in the national capital, Mukherjee said that the ...
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• Super-Rich buying Gold, Commodities, Reducing Hedge Fund Exposure

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 437
  Steve Lodge, FT.com, reports that the super-rich are opting for gold and commodities, and cash, and reducing hedge funds exposure. The investment preferences of the world’s wealthiest families have shifted significantly in favour of gold and other commodities and away from hedge funds in the wake of the financial ...
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• Declaration from the Club de Madrid

  
  Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform — Authority: 149
  Here on Blogactiv we very rarely feel the need to publish press releases and communiques related to an annual conference. However, we feel that the contribution from the Club de Madrid warrants close attention. DECLARATION Club of Madrid, Annual Conference ‘The Political Dimensions of the World Economic Crisis’ ...
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• Financial literacy study released

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 535
  Bank on Fresno hopes to educate the Hispanic community through advertising campaigns on Univision 21 Fresno.
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• First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit… Extended and Expanded

  
  Garage with a Detached Home — Authority: 416
  This content copyright © Garage with a Detached Home 2009 The First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit isn’t just for First Time Home Buyers anymore. Previously the credit only applied to purchasers that hadn’t owned a home during the previous 36 months, and that restriction still applies for crediting the full ...
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• $2,000 Gold Prediction

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 551
  Hey good news everyone. The heads of state at the APEC summit decided on Sunday to sort this whole Global Financial Crisis. "We resolved that we would aim to overcome the crisis within 18 months," the Wall Street Journal reports from the statement by the leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific nations. "Economic recovery is ...
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• Important News - Nov. 15

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  Zero rates means there is something very, very wrong. Japan has been in a zero rate crisis for over 2 decades during which time it has watched its stock market collapse in price by 80% and real estate fall by around the same amount. Low interest rates provide no solution whatsoever, and they are evidence of a ...
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• Infrequent, but damn good

  
  The Desolation Angel - An Idiot's Ravings at the Ragged Edge of the American Century — Authority: 418
  Monday November 16, 2009 . . . . The real bitch, sometimes, about this job is something that sometimes happens. In this case, Ill be about 150 miles out to sea for my birthday, which happens almost every year. Next Saturday, thank you very much, the 21st of November. . . . . .Real remote this time, so ...
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• Global recession delays restoration of Angkor Wat moat

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 127
  A huge (and expensive) project to restore the moat surrounding Angkor Wat looks likely to be delayed because of the global financial crises. The US$7.2 million project was to be jointly conducted by Cambodia, Japan, Italy and Germany. photo credit: Aistis Zen Angkor moat repair stalled Phnom Penh ...
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• Mike Huckabee, Huckabee book tour, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Fox show, A Simple Christmas, Huckabee 2008 presidential run, Huckabee running in 2012?, Citizen comments for Huckabee, Republican candidate

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 590
  “Oh, that God the gift would give us To see ourselves as others see us”… Robert Burns   Mike Huckabee is on a 60 city tour to promote his new book, “  A Simple Christmas.”  Friday, November 13, 2009, Governor Huckabee was at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Charlotte, NC to sign copies of his book. I ...
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• Financial Transaction Tax: summing up a week after Brown’s bombshell

  
  ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC — Authority: 540
  It’s been a week since Gordon Brown stole the headlines at the G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting at St Andrews on 7 November by supporting a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). Was it all a flash in the pan, or has Gordon taken the debate to a new level? In truth, the campaign for what will probably always be known ...
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• Don’t Mess With John Galt’s Right to Get a Sub-Prime Loan

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 768
  The Consumer Financial Protection Agency idea really upsets banksters, but their howler monkey lobbyists need academic cover. Fortunately they can turn to old reliable, Todd Zywicki, to provide a g-string of academic cover from his perch at George Mason University. When he last made news, it was to provide ...
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• Wayne Allyn Root is Barack Obama Columbia Classmate? Wayne Allyn Root No One Remembers Barack Obama at Columbia

  
  Maggie's Notebook — Authority: 646
  Wayne Allyn Root graduated Columbia, NYC in the same year and same class as Barack Obama in 1983. He says no one he knows, remembers Barack Obama from the graduating class. See a video below. Wayne Allyn Root Root was a Libertarian vice-president candidate on Bob Barrs ticket in the 2008 elections. ...
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• Banking Law in Winter: a Cautionary Tale about Sexiness

  
  Conglomerate — Authority: 559
  Banking law, both in practice and scholarship, enjoyed its salad days in the late 1980s during the clean-up of the S&L mess.  But afterwards it moved to the periphery with dire consequences for our ability to anticipate and grapple with financial meltdowns. After the S&L crisis, banking law in law firm ...
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• The Role of Boredom in Financial Crises

  
  Conglomerate — Authority: 559
  Many of you wont read this post until Monday morning, which is the ideal time to consider the role that boredom may play in financial crises. Consider asset-backed securities.  Many transactional lawyers considered securitization work something to avoid at all cost in their careers.  Why?  In part, because it was ...
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