Bretton Woods 2.0 Again
November 14th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Global Governance, Globalization
A while back, I left a comment over at Larvatus Prodeo to a post on the financial crisis and I suggested that the need for new global financial regulation should be of the scope of a new Bretton Woods agreement. Some smart alecky commenter asked me to lay out what BW2.0.
Well, said smart alecky commenter should be happy, the Guardian has done the job of laying out the foundations of what such an agreement should cover in five key points:
- International institutions
- Global regulations
- Recapitalization and banks
- Fiscal / monetary policy
- New World Order
So, head on over there and read the whole thing. If I read this correctly, the days of the Washington consensus are over, along with the neo-liberal order although what will succeed (a Beijing Consensus?) remains unclear.
Posted in Economy, Global Governance, Globalization | 1 Comment »
November 16th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
CHristine,
I came across this.
Why are more than ten thousand farmers in India committing suicide each year?
LINK: (There are several minutes of news-reporting and this eventually leads to the actual podcast!)
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=29354
More than 160,000 farmers in India have committed suicide in the last decade. Among the reasons, asserts the award-winning journalist P. Sainath, is neoliberal globalization.
FREE COMPLETE MP3 PROGRAM DOWNLOAD
http://aud1.kpfa.org/data/20081111-Tue1200.mp3
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