Economics & Law Treasures
“The current global crises are not only economic but also spiritual and moral. Therefore, we should not consider tackling the socio-economic and ecological crises without firstly taking into account the moral and spiritual shortcomings that are afflicting the world today.
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The question Molly sought to address was how to plan for the provisioning of resources in a world of changing climate and declining fossil fuel resources. Her suggestion is to replace the globalised economy with more localised economy. She has borrowed the concept of bio-region from the disciplines of earth science and bioscience.
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The recent controversy about companies such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google avoiding UK taxes have made tax havens a high profile subject. Public opinion generally considers their use to avoid taxes as unethical. This note looks at whether such use gives rise to a situation which is unjust. But, first, some background.
Starting with the nature of money, its facility as a medium of exchange will be emphasised and some important consequences noted. Moving on to money creation, this much misunderstood matter has resulted in very large, perhaps excessive quantities of money, and yet most of us are still short of the stuff. Next in line are some key considerations about investment, a concept which overshadows so much of our understanding of money. To help our return to justice and prosperity, two recent publications will be used for clues before a general summary and conclusion.
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School of Economic Science Annual Economics Lecture, 2013 Dr Peter Bowman, Head of Economics, School of Economics Science Introduction This evening I would like to turn our attention to the fundamental issue which has become the basis of everything we...
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