Financial markets in turmoil, energy price rises, food riots, violent conflicts and environmental disasters. And whatever the disaster, poor and marginalised people are always affected the most.... It doesn't have to be this way.

Meena Raman · Trevor Ngwane · Susan George · Tariq Ramadan · Mark Thomas · Bianca Jagger. Chair: Asad Rehman.

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Robert Wade, Development Studies Institute, LSE Speaking at the 2nd Workshop: “Developing Joint UK Policy Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis” organised by the Bretton Woods Project and School of Oriental and African Studies, Research on Money and Finance.

First Part of Barack Obama's press conference at the Excel Centre in London (click through to YouTube for the other sections)

short summary of what is going on with the G20 meeting.

The world's finance ministers are set to meet in Washington D.C. on Friday to determine how to act on some of the economic pledges made by G20 leaders several weeks ago in London.

As the world finances start to spin and the roulette wheel of international finance starts to turn increasingly dark, this is not the time to abandon the ideas that have made a select few people very rich.

Request from a young Argentine adult to G20 leaders.