Penny pinching by the experts
Who has seen Channel 4’s The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching? What do you think of it? Is this the way we should all behave?
Do you know where your money goes?
“Do you know what your bank does with the savings you entrust to it? Have you ever even wondered?”
Microcredit and Fairtrade lending
Grameen Bank Grameen Bank (GB) has reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral and created a banking system based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural … Continued
Practical Action
Practical Action is the name of the charity formerly known as the Intermediate Technology Design Group, which was set up by Fritz Schumacher, the economist and author of Small is Beautiful, A Guide for the Perplexed, Good Work and other books. Practical Action … Continued
Why the global economy is a Ponzi scheme and we are all Bernie Madoffs
We have constructed the grandest of Ponzi schemes by living off future generations. Alternet By Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. Posted March 10, 2009.