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

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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On the Market and Policy Origins of the International Financial Crisis...
Economist from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London speaks at the Bretton Woods Project seminar on the Financial Crisis - Putting Together a Coherent Civil Society Response.

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Introducing with indymedia.org, coverage of the protests in September 2000 against the IMF and the World Bank conference in Prague. Interviews with activists and campaigners from the southern hemisphere give damning criticism of the IMF and World Bank policies as the film charts the preparations for the day of action in Prague, the day itself and its aftermath.

Economist Mark Weisbrot discussed the current economic crisis and considered the choice of the IMF as a future global finance regulator. The IMF's failure to provide advance warning of most of the major financial crises of the last 15 years and its record of suggesting inappropriate remedies after the fact raise serious questions about its ability to perform this function.

Jan Toporowski, 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, Research on Money and Finance, 15th December, 2008.

Bankrupt governments are finding the IMF an unfit lender, but alternatives may be developing ..

John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations .

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