Philip Arestis, Cambridge Centre for Economic & Public Policy, University of Cambridge Speaking at the 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, Dec 15th, 2008

Sometimes in history, political and business leaders are pushed to make momentous decisions—decisions that mean real change, and have great impact.

Such decisions are never made lightly, but rather because the alternative is too dire to contemplate.

On March 31, 2009 and in view of the G-20 Heads of State Meeting in London on April 2, the Symi Symposium organised a Preparatory Workshop for the meeting of the SI Commission on Global Financial Issues, taking place on the same day at the UN Headquarters under the chairmanship of Joseph E. Stiglitz.

This event on the IMF's role during the global financial crisis featured Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR, James Roaf of the IMF, Public Citizen's new president, Robert Weissman, Asia Russell, the director of Health GAP, and Jo Marie Griesgraber, Executive Director of the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition.

Suggestions for Domestic and International Financial Reform
Costas Lapavitsas, Research on Money and Finance, Department of Economy, SOAS,
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.

- A protester threw a shoe at the IMF director at the end of a question-and-answer session Thursday at a university in Istanbul.

Security officers stopped the man when he rushed toward the stage at Bilgi University, where Dominique Strauss-Kahn had been giving a lecture.

* Strauss-Kahn proposes “Green Fund” to help finance shift to low-carbon world
* Says IMF to release proposals in a few weeks
* Fund could be created partly through issuance of IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)

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Tax havens are the banks' “get out of regulation free” card. Whenever politicians threatens to regulate banks and other corporations, they respond with “we’ll go offshore.”