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Christian Arnsperger. Stefano Rodotà racconta Foucault e le nuove forme del potere. CitedelareussiteTV. Corriere della Sera. Massimo Fini. Kanal von zurichminds. Rob Hopkins. Prosperity without growth - Google Search. Manuel Castells, this month. Economista Mistico 2 3 Riccardo Petrella. Serge Latouche, this month. Maurizio Pallante - Empoli - Decrescita Felice e nuovi mercati globali 1 di 5. Home. Navdanya. Group of 30 | About. The Group of Thirty, established in 1978, is a private, nonprofit, international body composed of very senior representatives of the private and public sectors and academia. It aims to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues, to explore the international repercussions of decisions taken in the public and private sectors, and to examine the choices available to market practitioners and policymakers.

The Group's members meet in plenary sessions twice a year with select guests to discuss important economic, financial and policy developments. They reach out to a wider audience in seminars and symposia. Of most importance to our membership and supporters is the annual International Banking Seminar. Our publications began with our very first Occasional Paper in 1980, and continues to the present. The Group of Thirty has published more than eighty Occasional Papers on issues pertinent to international economics and finance. Entrevistas | Efecto Naim. Nassim Taleb talks about centralization and debt in US and Europe. Susan Freinkel: Eternal Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Plastic now pervades civilization---how many of the things you see from where you are right now are plastic?

It is an ingenious material whose miraculous qualities we take too much for granted, but it also sometimes has nightmarish downstream effects. The giant polymer molecules (polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, etc.) that are so marvelously cheap to mold, extrude, shape, and weave are also extremely durable. Their cheapness makes them the basic material of a throw-away culture (one third of all plastic goes into disposable packaging.) Their durability means that any toxic effects persist indefinitely in the environment. Plastic presents a problem in temporal management of the very long-term and the very short-term. Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.

Making plastic even better Some plastics have some chemicals like bisphenol A and phthalates that are toxic. --Stewart Brand. Passaparola - Passaparola - Occupazione tedesca - Ida Magli. Ep00.epimg.net/descargables/2012/07/10/14540e59ee5504648623c2bb5da808b8.pdf. Interviews « Public Banking. Article Library. By Ian Fraser Published: The Sunday Herald Date: 2 March 2014 Ian Fraser’s note: This is the unedited version of an article published by The Sunday Herald. The shorter, published version can be read here.

Investors who are suing the Royal Bank of Scotland over its “misleading” £12.3 billion rights issue have suffered a setback […] By Ian Fraser Published: Daily Record Date: 12 February 2014 Most bank chief executives, when describing the need to rebuild their institutions, restore profitability and regain people’s trust in the wake of the global financial crisis, have a habit of spouting meaningless platitudes. At first the Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins, installed after the Libor […] By Ian Fraser Published: The Herald Date: 11 February 2014 Up to 1000 jobs could be created as part of a £1 billion plan to double the amount of electricity that can be produced from a hydroelectric scheme half a mile underneath a Scottish mountain.

Original Penguin Shoes at MYHABIT. Michael Hardt: What to do in a Crisis? A Conversation With Anarchist David Graeber. Élections : Enquête sur les réseaux de François Hollande. DOSSIER - Depuis le week-end dernier, le président et les siens détiennent tous les pouvoirs institutionnels ainsi que la plupart des exécutifs locaux. Ils disposent aussi de puissants leviers et relais de pouvoir grâce à un vaste réseau de hauts fonctionnaires, de grands patrons, d'intellectuels et de journalistes.

Tout-puissant, François Hollande? Difficile de nier cette réalité: la victoire de la gauche aux législatives et les règles de la Ve République donnent au Président toutes les rênes de l'État, sans compter celles du Sénat et de nombre d'exécutifs locaux. Avec lui et sa majorité, une nouvelle génération prend les commandes, après dix années d'abstinence dans l'opposition. Le président «normal» a promis une république «exemplaire», sans chasse aux sorcières ni copinage abusif.

Une véritable armada Des «technos» sûrs et expérimentés Des rendez-vous secrets Car, c'est une autre surprise, les liens du nouvel élu avec le monde des affaires sont beaucoup plus étroits qu'on ne l'a dit. Mapping European Stereotypes. By Maria Popova Geopolitical cartography is all about an objective view of the world’s political conventions. But there’s nothing politically correct in Bulgarian-born, London-based designer Yanko Tsvetkov‘s Mapping Stereotypes project — a series of amusing, often tragicomically true maps of Europe based on various subjective perceptions and ideologies.

Tsvetkov’s maps are available for purchase as prints, mousepads and t-shirts on Zazzle. The Global Minotaur. America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy, is the subtitle of the new edition (cover on the left above). The original, 2011, edition’s subtitle was America, the True Causes of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy (cover on the right above). ‘The book is one of those exceedingly rare publications of which one can say they are urgent, timely and absolutely necessary.’ - Terry Eagleton ‘Yanis is one of the best, brightest and most innovative economists on the planet’ – Steve Keen, author of ‘Debunking Economics’ ‘In the most comprehensive guide to the contemporary economic crisis yet written, Yanis Varoufakis traces out the path from post-war US economic supremacy to the current predicament.

‘If you want to know how serious the current crisis is, you should read his book. ‘Yanis Varoufakis is a rare economist: skilled at explaining ideas, happy to join in public debates and able to put his discipline in a broader context. Like this: Like Loading... Jean-Paul Fitoussi: The Emerging Economic and Political Order - What Lies Ahead? (1/5) Dharma Seed - David Loy's Dharma Talks at Gaia House. Democrazia. Storia e teoria di un'esperienza filosofica e politica. Slavoj Zizek, long. Her er Oljefondets plasseringer. Dominique Plihon d'Attac France, sur France Info. @Google Presents: Daniel Kahneman. David Korten: Capitalism's Threat to Democracy -2. Davos 2012 - World Economic Forum. Conversations With History - Robert Baer. Serge Latouche - La Décroissance.