Articles Tagged with the word ‘Economics’
23 Apr 2013
The Fairtrade Foundation says increased public awareness of product supply chains means the demand for ethical goods is growing
Global / Economics & Innovation
01 Apr 2013
Money separates us from what we consume and hides us from the impacts of our behaviour. But there is an economic model that could not only bring us closer to each other and to the effects of how we live, it's also booming, says Mark Boyle
06 Mar 2013
As the town centres of the past fade in our collective memory and while recession-bitten chain stores shut up shop nationwide, across the UK people are launching community-minded projects to help revive our high-streets
21 Feb 2013
‘Change money: change the world’ – Positive Money's slogan not only sums up its aims, but shows how important the issue of monetary reform is. Francesca Wakefield went to the campaign group's annual conference to hear about possible solutions
30 Jan 2013
We must challenge our ideas about what is real and possible if we are to create a ‘more beautiful world’, claim a group of innovators who came together at TEDxWhitechapel. Claudia Cahalane joined the audience
24 Jan 2013
The new boss of Barclays Bank has told his workforce that they must sign up to a new set of banking values – or quit
24 Jan 2013
New regulations to make the process of switching bank accounts easier means that up to 14 million UK high street bank customers are expected to change banks in 2013
Global / Economics & Innovation
14 Jan 2013
A UK-based reading group programme has been set up to help people better understand the economy
10 Jan 2013
London’s unique Honesty Shop bus conversion is bringing out the best in people and raising money for charity
29 Dec 2012
Economists from the Financial Services Authority and the International Monetary Fund are among new voices to acknowledge that the ability of private banks to create money was at the heart of the financial crisis
Europe / Economics & Innovation, Environment
27 Dec 2012
Norway is doubling carbon tax on its North Sea oil industry and setting up a £1bn fund to tackle the impact of climate change in the developing world
UK / Economics & Innovation, Environment, Positive People
07 Dec 2012
Jeremy Wickremer joins the audience for a public conversation between Charles Eisenstein and Polly Higgins, two ‘visionaries of a new world’
Video: Sacred Economics and Sacred Law
UK / Economics & Innovation, Environment, Positive People
07 Dec 2012
Working in the fields of law and economics, Polly Higgins and Charles Eisenstein share the belief that all life is sacred and see this understanding as the basis for a prosperous future. At a public event in London in November 2012, they spoke about their life paths and shared their visionary ideas.
Africa / Economics & Innovation
16 Nov 2012
A positive cycle of enterprise financing and increasing citizen empowerment is slowly improving Africa’s economic prospects and reducing poverty, according to findings from a development summit in Brussels
UK / Economics & Innovation, Environment
31 Oct 2012
Two leading thinkers in alternative economics and the environment, Charles Eisenstein and Polly Higgins, will speak at a one-off event in London this Friday
Getting your pension invested more positively
UK / Blogs, Economics & Innovation
19 Oct 2012
As part of National Ethical Investment week, Matthew Butcher from FairPensions discusses how people saving for a pension can help change the world for the better
12 Oct 2012
A ‘Green Investment Bank’ (GIB), set up by the government with an initial funding pot of £3bn, is due to launch this October
10 Oct 2012
A series of ethical investment debates and talks aimed at hedge fund managers, charities who invest in private companies, and the public, kicks off this week
Global / Economics & Innovation
19 Sep 2012
As a flurry of new platforms for investing money hits the internet, dissatisfaction with traditional banking is beginning to lead to a movement for a viable alternative, reports Lee Williams
UK / Economics & Innovation, New Economics
06 Sep 2012
Stephen Lewis talks to Green Party economic spokesperson Molly Scott Cato about a new approach to economics