A Finnish Parallel Currency Is Imaginable Inside the Rolling Jubilee, the First P2P Bailout The world’s ‘poorest’ president in the World Urban Poverty on the Rise in Germany World Sharing Day celebrates collaborative consumption (Guardian) Happy reading!
Archive for2012
Boiling links
November 22nd, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Firenze 10+10: Learning from defeat
November 20th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 9 Comments »
Last European Social forum was a failure in terms of convergence. How can Europeans citizens and civil society organization can join their forces for a another Europe? Here are few ideas on how to improve the next european social forum. Ten days ago, I was attending Firenze 10+10, the seventh European Social Forum. This event was held […]
Boiling links
November 14th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Is a revolution in economic thinking under way? Why students must demand ‘debt abolition for all’ Why Occupy’s plan to cancel consumer debts is money well spent “In Greece right now, to be unemployed means death” Pathways to a universal basic pension in Greece Happy reading!
The trouble with Trade Unions
November 13th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Crisis routine | 1 Comment »
Beyond the fight for better labor rights, Trade Unions must widen their vision, work on tackling mass-unemployment by defending the unemployed as long as the workers.
Guy Standing: “the Precariat is growing angry”
November 8th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Featured, Warning signs | Leave A Comment »
Guy Standing is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath and a founder member and co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), a non-governmental organisation that promotes a citizenship income for all. He worked at the International Labor Organization as researcher for many years and is author of “The Precariat — […]
Boiling links
November 5th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Bank of England official: Occupy Movement right IMF’s epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers Is crowdfunding the future for wind farms in the UK? Occupy Movement Rallies for “Debt Strike” Worldwide (Global Voices) From Henry Ford to Joe Justice : WikiSpeed, Manufacturing in the Age of Open Collaboration Why support the undeserving […]
Boiling links
October 23rd, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Wanting Meaningful Work Is Not a First World Problem Athens: Social Meltdown (must watch) Ireland gets its reward for being EU’s little pet poodle – nothing The Battle Of Iceland Six (maybe) good arguments for deficits (and one bad) Why Economic Pundits’ Biggest Mantra Is Wrong UK needs to talk about helicopters (FT) Happy reading!
Boiling links
October 16th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
Yes, the collaborative economy is destroying jobs. So what’s next? Will central banks cancel government debt? Lord Turner: Time for helicopter money? Policy makers can learn – by drinking more How finance led to debt servitude (Must read) IMF Shakes Austerity Orthodoxy for New Pragmatism Why the Mainstream Paradigm in Economics and Finance Collapsed Quantitative Easing […]
What moral hazard?
October 10th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Beyond the crisis | Leave A Comment »
Giving money to everyone without conditions is often said to be morally hazardous. Sadly though, this argument looks like another symptom of the famous Stockholm syndrom.
Boiling links
October 7th, 2012 | by Stanislas Jourdan | published in Boiling Links | Leave A Comment »
"Quantitative easing for the people may be another such idea whose time has come" Spain: The Banks Win, the People Lose Mitt Romney and the myth of self-created millionaires Does economic growth make you happy? Special Economic Zones: Sackings expose the harsh reality of Poland’s junk jobs Germany’s ‘post-growth’ movement Theory of Spain’s political class […]
