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Approaching Copenhagen With A Portfolio Of Domestic Commitments

Robert Stavins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Politics, Obama Administration, Cap and Trade, Markets, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Robert Stavins

A portfolio agreement acknowledges chared responsibility for solving the climate change challenge, but suggests that historical differences in contribution and economic disparities be reflected in varying national commitments.

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New, Exciting And Intriguing Innovations

Jenny Darroch | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: New Ideas, Markets, Prius, Ipod, Innovations, Health, Consumer Behavior, New Media, Sustainability, Inventions, Economic Growth, Marketing Strategies, Resvertarol, Business News
Jenny Darroch

Since innovation is the engine of economic growth, it is critical to focus our attention on it if we are ever going to get ourselves out of the economic mess we got ourselves into.

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The Economisseds

Harry Moroz | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Douglas Rushkoff, Nancy Folbre, Unemployment, Economics, Prolonged Unemployment, Economic Recovery, Paul Krugman, Stimulus, Markets, Business News
Harry Moroz

Is market recovery really the same thing as economic recovery?

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Cap-and-Trade: A Fly in the Ointment?

Robert Stavins | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Regulation, Cap and Trade, Markets, Environmental Policy, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green News
Robert Stavins

Cap-and-trade systems, in which emission permits or allowances can be traded among potential polluters, continue today to be at the center of this action.

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Market Rally: The Only Question That Matters

Dan Solin | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Stock Market Rally, Job Market, Video, Markets, Housing Market, Dow Jones, Stock Market, Economy, Nasdaq, Market Rally, Business News
Dan Solin

There is only one question that intelligent investors should be asking. You won't find it discussed in the financial media. Your "market beating" broker or advisor is unlikely to focus on it.

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The Obama Rally Continues

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Obama Economy, U.S. Economy, Markets, Stock Market, Market Rally, Business News
Hale

The right wing's favorite barometer was the stock market until the markets started to rally in March.

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Consumer Financial Protection: Obama To Call For New Agency

Politico | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Markets, Economic Crisis, Finance, Economy, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, President Obama, Obama, Politics News

President Barack Obama on Wednesday will call for the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency as part of his long-awaited plan for overhaul...

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Junk-Bond Rally Premature as Record Defaults Loom, Analysts Say

bloomberg.com | Shannon D. Harrington | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Junk Bonds, Bond Markets, Markets, Credit Markets, FInancial Markets, Bonds, Junk Bond Rally, Wall Street, Business News

May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Junk-bond investors who have spurred the biggest rally on record are getting ahead of the recovery as the rate of company failure...

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Country and Company: Part II - Aligning Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Adam Smith, Markets, Unemployment, Wall Street, Profit, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Business News, Us Financial Crisis, Shareholder Value, Business, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Without balanced trade productive companies operating in the United States are open to continuing assault from foreign entities advantaged by their governments.

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The Making of a Conventional Wisdom

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Markets, Environmental Policy, Environment, Green News
Robert Stavins

Despite the potential cost-effectiveness of market-based policy instruments, such as pollution taxes and tradable permits, conventional approaches have been the mainstay of U.S. environmental policy.

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Moving Beyond Vintage-Differentiated Regulation

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Regulation, Politics, Markets, Green News
Robert Stavins

It is not only possible, but eminently reasonable to be both a strong advocate for environmental protection and an advocate for the elimination of vintage differentiated regulations.

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Using Markets to Make Fisheries Sustainable

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Conservation, Cap and Trade, Markets, Environmental Policy, Tragedy of the Commons, ITQs, Sustainable Food, Fish, Sustainability, Sustainable Fishing, Individual Transferable Quotas, Fisheries, Seafood, Green News
Robert Stavins

What has long been considered the obvious answer to collapsing fisheries -- restrictions on fishing -- has been shown time and time again to be the wrong answer. The right answer is enlightened use of markets.

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Country and Company: Part I - Divergent Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Citigroup, Markets, Unemployment, Profit, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Economy, Us Financial Crisis, Business News, Shareholder Value, Business, Global Economic Crisis, Adam Smith, Business News
Ralph Gomory

While it is tempting to blame the succession of economic crises on greedy executives, sub-prime mortgage pushers and others of that ilk, it is in fact much more a system problem than a sudden widespread collapse of human nature.

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Slapped by the Invisible Hand

Mike Papantonio | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Markets, Ring of Fire, Chelsey-Sullenberger, Mike Papantonio, Industry, Airline Industry, Deregulation, American Airlines, Invisible Hand, Air America Radio, Delta, Pilot, Business News
Mike Papantonio

As Sullenberger continues to speak out, he should make it clear that all the pilots and crews who are still operating in the deregulated airline industry are truly heroes.

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Guest Post by Jacob Harold -- The Nonprofit Marketplace: Getting Social Impact Bang For Our Philanthropic Bucks

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business Plan, Investment Funds, Overhead, Goals, Open Information, Foundations, Nonprofit Effectiveness, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Nonprofit Information Marketplace, Fundraising, Giving, Impact, The Nature Conservancy, Philanthropic Goals, Intermediary Organizations, Social Impact, Strategy, Rating Nonprofits, Economic Crisis, Philanthropy, Contributions, Jacob Harold, Markets, Donations, Rainforest Action Network, Charity, Nonprofit Marketplace, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Financial Advisors, Economy, Guidestar, Business News
Paul Brest

The nonprofit marketplace doesn't exhibit the single most essential characteristic of a well-functioning market: open exchange of high-quality information that helps people make good decisions.

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Dow Rises On The Backs Of Tech, Financial Stocks

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Markets, Stocks, Stock Exchange, Stocks Rise, Dow, Wall Street, Dow Jones, Business News

NEW YORK — Investors acted Wednesday as if they had overdone it a day earlier. Wall Street snapped back from a steep sell-off with a rebound in...

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Bush the Teflon Man

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Silda Spitzer, Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, Economic, Markets, Ape, Ny Governor, Crime, Madoff, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee, Guantanamo, Gitmo, John Walsh, Punishment, Sen. Charles Schumer, Slate Magazine, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Bush, Taxpayer, Penal Colony, Iraqi, Nazis, Requirements, Exit Interviews, Villainy, Shoe, Franz Kafka, Satisfaction, Bernard Madoff, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Perhaps it was the sexual nature of Eliot Spitzer's offenses that made the shame stick. That and the fact that the former NY governor admitted he did wrong. Bush by contrast is today's Teflon man.

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Economic Relations, Political Values: Which is the Tail, and Which is the Dog?

Howard Schweber | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Markets, Capitalism, Values, Economy, Business News
Howard Schweber

Both state socialism and unfettered capitalism share this weakness: giving economic systems priority over political values creates terrible cognitive dissonance.

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Paulson: Emerging Markets Not Immune From Turmoil

Reuters | David Lawder | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Markets, Emerging Markets, Business News

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Saturday that emerging market countries are not immune to the most serious global economic risks in recent me...

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Asian markets plunge after huge Wall Street losses

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Markets, Markets, Asian Markets, Japan Stock Market, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Crisis, Business News

TOKYO — A massive sell-off on Wall Street and an escalating global equity crisis sent Asian stocks plunging Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikke...

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Q&A with Dean Baker -- No Financial Plan B?

Terrence McNally | Posted 11.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Markets, Bailout, Economy, Henry Paulson, Media Dishonesty, Ben Bernanke, Obama, Mccain, Dean Baker, Home News
Terrence McNally

Terrence McNally interviews Dean Baker 10/07/08 Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr.net), is the author of T...

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Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.03.2008 | Business

Read More: The War Within, Markets, Peggy Noonan, Oval Office, Economy, Mccain, Obama, Congress, Murder on the Orient Express, Bush, Bob Woodward, Tom Friedman, Soccor Mom, Bailout, Wall Street, Jack Welch, Sarah Palin, Patriotic Grace, Business News
Roger Fransecky

How do we re-engage the millions of Americans who want to believe in hope and horizons again?

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Letter to My Son

Bill Budinger | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Politics, Markets, Wall Street Crisis, Theodore Roosevelt, The Great Depression, Stock Market, Foriegn Aid, Tax Regulation, Teddy Roosevelt, Stock Market Crash, 1929-1934, Marginal Tax Rates, 1929 Crash, Future Generations, Market Regulation, Income Tax Bracket, Free Market Ideology, 1929, Business News
Bill Budinger

Can Americans rise above their immediate self interest and do what needs to be done?

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America Rewards Incompetence

Grant Cardone | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Markets, Economics, Wall Street, Financial Meltdown, Business News
Grant Cardone

If you end up with a drug or alcohol problem should the government send you to treatment and then hang in there with you until you are all cleaned up?

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Bankers' Brains, Market Behavior

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Psychology, Markets, John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Behavioral Psychology, Economics, Wall Street, Aig, Herd Instincts, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Business News
Peter A. Ubel

Rationally directed greed would never have led us to this financial crisis. People are not nearly as rational as the market evangelists in the Republican Party would have us think.

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