Derivatives. Wanted: Alternative Banking System. Despite the lessons of the financial crisis, policymakers seem intent on returning to business as usual. The time has come for civil society and grassroots movements to create a shared identity in promoting alternative financial institutions, argues Sargon Nissan. 28th May 09 - Sargon Nissan, Red Pepper Magazine The global scale of the current crisis represents a novel problem for civil society and NGOs which have challenged the dominant form of globalisation.
To prevent a return to business as usual, civil society efforts against financial liberalisation internationally must now find common cause with the grass-roots movement of local investment and financial alternatives on their doorstep and together capture the collective imagination about what went wrong and what needs to be done. Deregulation and De-Mutualisation The variety of local finance institutions in the UK are partly a response to the way liberalisation has played out.
Grass-Roots Alternatives International Dimension. Club of Rome. The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity. " It consists of current and former heads of state, UN bureaucrats, high-level politicians and government officials, diplomats, scientists, economists and business leaders from around the globe.[1] It raised considerable public attention in 1972 with its report The Limits to Growth.
The club states that its mission is "to act as a global catalyst for change through the identification and analysis of the crucial problems facing humanity and the communication of such problems to the most important public and private decision makers as well as to the general public. "[2] Since 1 July 2008, the organization has its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland. Formation[edit] Organization[edit] National associations[edit] Worldviews[edit] Sargon Nissan: Measuring Impacts of the Crisis on Development Goals | IFIwatch.tv. Bitcoin Conference - David Birch - Next Generation Money.