Country ... Iran
Does the Amnerican Right ever learn?
Why war with Iran would spell disaster ...
US politicians are ratcheting up calls for war without being honest with the public about what it would really mean.
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Ideas
Prosperity Economics
Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil ... Prosperity Economics ... Building an Economy for All ... Executive summary
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Open file 3252
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Country ... USA
Prosperity Economics
Prosperity for America ... a report prepared by Yale economists that is really not much different from anything else coming from mainstream economists
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Country ... USA
Economics
YouTube ProsperityforAmerica ... Prosperity Economics: Building an Economy for All ... a report written by Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil
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Open file 3254
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Country ... Afghanistan
In last fifty years, backwards 1000
Mohammad Qayoumi recalls a childhood in Afghanistan that was very different from the modern media view
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Religion
Anti Islam ... Anti West ... Anti everything
Attacks on US embassies and autumn of apologetics after Arab Spring ...
The apologies following the embassy attacks highlight the return of an accustomed feeling of vilification and guilt.
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Think Tanks
Signet Institute ... Cairo
Cairo launch of regional research body
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Banking
Financial center of gravity on the move
Qatari bank expands reach in Middle East ... moving into Iraq
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Open file 3258
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Ideas
Sustainabillity and Shared Value
Mark Kramer is responding to John Elkington's blog ... Kramer from Shared Value / Elkington from Sustainability
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Food
AJE talks to Paul Conway, Vice Chairman of Cargill
Counting the Cost ... Food for thought ... As the US drought drags on, a localised problem is having global implications for food prices PLUS other stories
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People
Jochen Zeitz
Chairman of PUMA and the creator of PUMA’s Environmental Profit & Loss Account in 2011 ... from Wikipedia
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Open file 3261
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Activism
Occupy Wall Street
September 17 ... the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) ... but not the beginning of civil action around the world. And not over by any means!
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Country ... USA
Activism ... S17 in New York
A series of photographs about the activities of OWS on September 17, the first year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Metrics
Example ... PUMA
Puma world's first major company to put a value on its environmental impact ...
The footwear company and its parent group PPR have launched a groundbreaking initiative which puts an economic valuation on environmental impacts
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Initiatives
PwC and TrueCost
Corporate Reporting Breakthrough with Initial Results from PUMA’s Environmental Profit and Loss Account
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Aircraft Manufacturing
EADS and BAE
Airbus parent EADS and BAE in merger talks ...
Based on 2011 numbers, combined company would have sales of an estimated $92bn and as many as 220,000 employees.
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Ideas
Chris Cook and a Real Economy
A Flight to Simplicity ... Chris Cook makes a presentation (slides) on Barter 3.0 IRTA Convention Ocho Rios 14th September 2012
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Open file 3267
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Ideas
Chris Cook and a Real Economy
Transition ... Market 2.0 ... Chris Cook makes a presentation (slides) on Barter 3.0 IRTA Convention Ocho Rios 14th September 2012
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Open file 3268
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... What candidate Romney really thinks
Recordings of Romney speaking at private meetings with his wealthy supporters shows how dismissive he is of the poor half of the US citizenry
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Republican leadership
Mother Jones ... Who Was at Romney's '47 Percent' Fundraiser?
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney's ideas
Rachel Maddow talking about the May video starring Mitt Romney where he talks about his thinking about the US economy and other matters ... also David Corn
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Open file 3271
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Politics 2012 ... Rachel Maddow on Romney
Rachel Maddow describing the role of Romney campaign people embedded with Fox News ... but they may not represent the right of the Republican Party! ... also Frank Rich interview
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Open file 3272
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Money
Rachel Maddow on the money in the presidential campaign ... Obama doing well but more big money is still for Romney
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Open file 3273
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Country USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney and foreign policy
Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times on Romney as the Foreign Relations Fumbler
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Metrics
GIIN Launches Public IRIS User Registry
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) collaboration with Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS)
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Open file 3275
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Metrics
Small and Growing Business Metrics (from ANDE)
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) ... Small and Growing Business Metrics (from ANDE)
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Open file 3276
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Country ... Malaysia
Iris Corporation
Malaysia's First and Largest Sustainable Agro Farm ... a collaboration between IRIS Corporation Berhad and Koperasi Atlet Malaysia Berhad
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Open file 3277
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Banking
Wall Street and its imputity from prosecution
AJE People & Power ... Prosecuting Wall Street
Why has Wall Street not been held accountable for crimes connected to the deepest recession since the Great Depression?
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Open file 3278
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Sustainable Trade Metrics (from FAST)
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) using IRIS ideas for Sustainable Trade
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Open file 3279
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Country ... Russia
President Putin puts his mark on policy
Russia orders US to shut its aid mission ... USAID asked to cease operations apparently over funding groups that seek to promote democracy and rule of law in Russia.
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Country ... USA
Issues about native peoples
Justice denied for Native American women ... Can legislation help end violence against indigenous women in the US?
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Metrics
Glossary ... The IRIS glossary
TO COME
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Open file 3282
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Metrics
Glossary ... The FAST glossary
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) ... Annex 4: Glossary of Terms
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Organizations
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST)
Member Organizations ... FAST is based in Montreal Canada
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney's campaign
Rachel Maddow ... doing a rant about Romney's position on Iran as per his talk at a fund raiser ... and Mexicans ... and the entitled 47%. Romney's campaign needs intensive care
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... Romney campaign
Rachel Maddow reminds listeners that Romney still has a tax return question
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... The Romney campaign
Rachel Maddow on the Romney campaign ... is it in a tailspin, and can it recover
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Open file 3287
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Metrics
Glossary ... The TVM Glossary
A listing of the categories that impact world affairs and quality of life ... and need to be incorporated in TVM accounting
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Open file 3288
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Country ... USA
Immigration
April 2012 ... Punishment and Profits: Immigration Detention ... Fault Lines investigates the business of immigrant detention in the US.
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Labor Relations
Miners in South Africa
South African miners begin returning to work ...
Striking workers at Lonmin mine start to return to work after pay deal, as unrest spreads to nearby mines.
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People ... Steve Biko
Student Activist
Killed in South Africa ... died September 12, 1977
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Open file 3291
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Country ... China
Conversation about China
AJStream on China’s online patriots ...
Anti-Japan protests over Diaoyu-Sensaku Islands spark discussion on Chinese nationalism.
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Open file 3292
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Technology
Twilk
Some code that puts followers onto a Twitter page
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Open file 3293
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012
September 19, 2012 ... Rachel Maddow reporting on the damage going on in the Romney campaigm for President ... how well Obama is doing ... and how little Romney is doing to fix the campaign
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Open file 3294
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... The Romney Campaign
September 19, 2012 ... Rachel Maddow with Barbara Boxer talking about the Romney campaign
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Open file 3295
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Country ... USA
Politics 2012 ... The Romney Campaign
September 2012 ... Rachel Maddow talking about the impact Romney is having on the down ballot races around the country ... and an overview of the state of play in the Romney campaign
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Open file 3296
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Country ... USA
Congressional Dysfunction
Rachel Maddow puts the Bill to help veterans and jobs gets voted down ... Republicans don't seem to give a damn ... great rant by Patrick Murphy
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Open file 3297
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Country ... USA
Military ... Don't Ask Don't Tell
Rachel Maddow ... One year since repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) ... did not prove to be a disaster for the military as predicted by Senator MaCain
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Country ... USA
War on drugs ... 'Fast and Furious'
Probe faults US agents over Mexico gunrunning ...
US justice department refers 14 officials for possible disciplinary action for roles in botched gun-running operation.
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Open file 3299
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Religion
Islam ... The Muslim World
The fallacy of the phrase, 'the Muslim world' ... Western media reinforces stereotypes by reducing a complex set of causes to the rage into an amorphous mass.
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Open file 3300
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