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Category Archives: The EconomyIn this in-depth interview from The Browser, Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History, discusses five recent books that he feels offer a comprehensive look at the roots of the global financial crisis of 2008 and beyond, as well … Continue reading
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New York Federal District Court Judge Jed Rakoff triggered lots of headlines with his recent rejection of a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Citigroup, in which the company admitted no wrongdoing and agreed to pay a … Continue reading
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By Hal Brill I’m not much of a football fan, but around playoff time I perk up and start rooting for underdog teams to dethrone the champs. With all the problems that Big Energy has been having lately, the odds … Continue reading
Posted in By Hal Brill, Global Issues, Green Living, The Economy
Tagged energy, global, Green Investing, socially responsible investing, sri, sustainability
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By Jim Cummings This week’s Sunday Times features a profile of Jeremy Grantham, one of the country’s more successful asset managers, whose last two quarterly letters to investors (widely read in the financial world) have shed some decidedly mainstream light … Continue reading
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By Hal Brill Those of you who have followed my columns over the years know that Allison and I started a green “intentional neighborhood” here in Paonia back in 2001 (www.hawkshavenllc.com). Since my name, Hal, is forever associated with the … Continue reading By Scott Secrest A U.S. economy slowly putting itself back together set the tone for the markets over the past year. While short- term economic indicators continue to be mixed, we are in agreement with the camp of economists focusing … Continue reading
Posted in By Scott Secrest, Global Issues, The Economy
Tagged financial crisis, Green Investing, policy, sustainability
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Nice short piece in the New Yorker by James Surowiecki on why Elizabeth Warren’s proposals for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are good for both consumers and the banking industry, in contrast to the near-universal resistance to her plans coming from … Continue reading
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By Jim Cummings President Obama has made an inspired pick in his nomination of John Bryson to be the next Secretary of Commerce. Bryson co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council, and has spent decades in the energy-business world; his nomination … Continue reading
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By James Frazier If the current economic paradigm were a person, he would be someone we’ve known long and well. He believes that the world economy only goes in one direction: up. Any setbacks are viewed as temporary and are … Continue reading
Posted in Big Picture Personal Planning, By James Frazier, Global Issues, The Economy
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By Jim Cummings Recently, NPR’s Planet Money offered up its typically entertaining, insightful, and balanced look at the slow process of actually writing the financial reform regulations that congress authorized last year. Here’s a link to their half-hour podcast, well … Continue reading
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By Michael Kramer The Great Recession, currently in its third year, caused many equity investors to either lose nearly a decade of stock market gains or lose faith in the market and move to cash equivalents. Nevertheless, the Social Investment … Continue reading by James Frazier This article first appeared in the October 2009 edition of the Natural Investing newsletter Much of the controversy over the health care proposals in front of Congress has swirled around their cost. Reform opponents claim that expensive … Continue reading
Posted in By James Frazier, The Economy
Tagged Green Investing, james frazier, national debt, port townsend, sri in washington
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By James Frazier No matter how this economic crisis turns out, it is already assured a very prominent place in our memories. It’s not just the endless parade of scary headlines announcing precipitous market declines, massive government bailouts, skyrocketing unemployment, … Continue reading By Michael Kramer and Scott Secrest This material first appeared in the Spring 2009 issue of the Natural Investments newsletter There is a sea change in Washington, and it is interesting timing. The shift to a Democratic executive branch, along … Continue reading
Posted in By Michael Kramer, By Scott Secrest, Leading Edge Developments, The Economy
Tagged policy, TARP
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