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Finanza per indignati
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 243

Finanza per indignati

*** NUOVA EDIZIONE 2014*** 2012: l’Italia è in recessione. Cittadini e lavoratori pagheranno di nuovo il conto di una crisi causata da una finanza-casinò ai cui profitti non partecipano, ma di cui scontano le perdite. La speculazione prosegue indisturbata, mentre i piani di austerità, ci si dice, costituiscono i soli modi per «restituire fiducia ai mercati». Restituire fiducia: come se al contrario non fosse il sistema finanziario a doversi riconquistare la nostra fiducia. Sentiamo parlare tutti i giorni di debito pubblico, di derivati, di spread: ma è difficile capirci qualcosa, e sembra difficilissimo intervenire come singoli per cambiare le cose. Non è complicato comprendere la f...

Ethical Finance and Prosperity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Ethical Finance and Prosperity

The debate on connections between economic activity and socio-environmental impact has become increasingly relevant. As a result, ethical finance is emerging from its niche. However, the terms "ethical finance" and "sustainable finance" are often confused and overlapping, and the risk of greenwashing is high. Many authors suggest the need of a paradigm shift because the present economic system is no longer able to maintain a safe environment. Tim Jackson explicitly argues about the need of a future of "prosperity without growth". From the experiences of ethical finance, we can identify some interesting tools to achieve that goal. This book explains how ethical finance works and which innovat...

Protecting Future Generations Through Commons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 318

Protecting Future Generations Through Commons

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The recent austerity measures currently adopted in numerous European countries assume that a rise in public debt should automatically result in cuts to social programmes and the privatisation of "inefficiently" managed resources. This type of reasoning is being used to justify the destruction of social rights of citizens for the profit of the private sector, resulting in more limited access to the most fundamental resources such as water, nature, housing, culture, knowledge and information, mainly for the most vulnerable members of society. Such a view, informed solely by short-term growth and profit cycles, is endangering access to those resources not only for current generations but for fu...

The Oil Road
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

The Oil Road

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-09-10
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unblinking capitalism of modern London, this book reveals the relentless drive to control fossil fuels. Harrowing, powerful and insightful, The Oil Road maps the true cost of oil.

This Economy Kills
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

This Economy Kills

When Pope Francis wrote in his apostolic letter The Joy of the Gospel that the economy of the West is one that "kills," he was immediately labeled by some as a Marxist. Criticisms came fast and furious, not only from financial columnists and conservative cable personalities, but also from some Catholic commentators, especially in the United States. In This Economy Kills, two of the most respected journalists covering the Vatican today explore the Pope's teaching and witness on the topic; the ways it relates to other topics like war, the environment, and family life; its connections to the teaching of his predecessors; and the criticism it has generated, especially from the direction of the United States. This fascinating book includes the full text of an extended interview the authors conducted with Francis on the topic of capitalism and social justice, appearing here in English for the first time. This Economy Kills is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Pope Francis's convictions about the world we live in and the way he believes Christians are called to shape it.

Protecting future generations through commons
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 315

Protecting future generations through commons

The recent austerity measures currently adopted in numerous European countries assume that a rise in public debt should automatically result in cuts to social programmes and the privatisation of “inefficiently” managed resources. This type of reasoning is being used to justify the destruction of social rights of citizens for the profit of the private sector, resulting in more limited access to the most fundamental resources such as water, nature, housing, culture, knowledge and information, mainly for the most vulnerable members of society. Such a view, informed solely by short-term growth and profit cycles, is endangering access to those resources not only for current generations but fo...

The Oil Road: Travels from the Caspian to the City
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

The Oil Road: Travels from the Caspian to the City

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-09-04
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

A journey along a controversial Central Asian pipeline becomes a profound exploration of the oil economy. In a unique journey from the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the refineries and financial centres of Northern Europe, James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello track the concealed routes along which flows the lifeblood of our economy. The stupendous resource of Azerbaijani crude has long inspired dreams of a world remade. From the revolutionary Futurism of the capital city, Baku, in the 1920s to the unblinking Capitalism of modern London, the drive to control the region’s oil reserves – and hence people and events – has shattered environments and shaped societies. In The Oil Road, th...

Con i nostri soldi
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 216

Con i nostri soldi

Di fronte a una crisi che sembra non avere fine, il messaggio delle istituzioni europee e internazionali e del mondo politico è univoco: dobbiamo «rimettere a posto i conti pubblici», non ci sono alternative a sacrifici e austerità. Ma le cose stanno davvero così? Certo, esistono enormi sacche di inefficienza, ma spesso – e questo libro lo dimostra – sono diverse da quelle che l’Europa, e i governi di ogni colore, hanno messo alla gogna dell’opinione pubblica. Ed è proprio vero che bisogna tagliare la spesa pubblica? Questo libro dimostra che sono possibili tagli più efficaci di quelli drasticamente effettuati negli ultimi anni e meno dannosi per il benessere degli italiani. E lo fa partendo da una spiegazione chiara e critica dei meccanismi del bilancio dello Stato, che finalmente mette in grado il lettore di giudicare da sé le procedure e i contenuti della nostra spesa pubblica. Un libro prezioso e unico, che come già il precedente Finanza per indignati di Andrea Baranes può dare un contributo fondamentale alla costruzione di una vera cittadinanza critica.

O la Borsa o la vita
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 247

O la Borsa o la vita

Un libro fondamentale per comprendere il presente e cambiare il futuro Di «sostenibilità» si parla ovunque: in ogni dichiarazione, in ogni discorso, in ogni accordo. Anche e soprattutto in ambito economico, è quasi impossibile trovare banche che non vantino la propria sostenibilità e la propria «attenzione all'ambiente»: le stesse banche, però, continuano a finanziare l'industria dei combustibili fossili con centinaia di miliardi di dollari l'anno. Questo paradosso (ma forse è meglio chiamarlo inganno) è alla base del nuovo libro di Andrea Baranes, uno dei più lucidi critici della finanza. In O la Borsa o la vita vengono svelate le contraddizioni di un sistema che si prefigge il m...

Dobbiamo restituire fiducia ai mercati Falso!
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 67

Dobbiamo restituire fiducia ai mercati Falso!

Oggi la speculazione domina la finanza. La finanza controlla l'economia. L'economia determina le scelte politiche. La politica impatta sulla vita delle persone. Quello che dobbiamo fare è semplicemente ribaltare l'attuale scala di valori e leggere al contrario le frasi precedenti.