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Presentation of Bernard Lietaer “Money and Sustainability – the Missing Link” – LAUNCH VIDEOS NOW ONLINE

The videos of the launch of the Club of Rome EU Chapter’s newest Report, “Money and Sustainability – the Missing Link” by Bernard Lietaer are now available online. Click here to find out more. [...] read more

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The Future we want? The Future we want or the Future that we will get?

The outcome of the Rio+20 negotiations are an agreement between the least interested and the least committed. We know we can do better and for the sake of our future humanity we must do better. A Club of Rome Blog contribution by Ian Johnson. [...] read more

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Global prospects for Full Employment Global Prospects for Full Employment

In an increasingly globalized labor market, current nation-centric theories and models of employment need to be replaced with a human-centered global perspective complemented by new indicators that recognize the central and essential contribution of employment to human economic welfare. Employment and economy are subsets of society and their growth is driven by the more fundamental process of social development. [...] read more

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New Economy for a New World Where Rio should lead: New Economics for a New World

We face a new world. One with increasing demands from those who have not been given the chance to be part of mainstream economic life and have little wealth, real or illusory, to share. How can we make our current economic models fit for purpose? [...] read more

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concept of modern business Economists don’t like difficult questions, so we don’t ask them any

There is almost no serious debate about the role economics played in creating the crisis. Few bother to ask why, if they are so smart, so few economists saw it coming. No one asks why economics ignores the role of the finance sector. There is no discussion about how we might regulate markets efficiently [...] read more

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Hurrah for the Free Market! Hurrah for the free market! (Move aside now, please.)

The free market’s best time is now behind it. It has made all the easy gains and, after so many years of glorious progress, it is running out of steam. [...] read more

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FactorFive2 Factor Five

Transforming the Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity n this update to the 1997 International Best Seller, Factor Four, Ernst von Weizsäcker again leads a team to present a compelling case for sector wide advances that can deliver significant resource productivity improvements over the coming century. [...] read more

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content2 The Gordian Knots Programme

Gordian Knots and Alexandrian Solutions: Perspectives of the XXI Century A remarkable book has been published in May 2008 by the Polish Chapter of the Club of Rome and the Polish Economic Society under the auspices of the Polish Ministry of Regional Development which provides stimulating visions of the XXI Century. [...] read more