December 21, 2011 – 11:10 am by Simon Bond
The House of Commons International Development Committee is to hold an inquiry into the subject of tax and development. As the inquiry scope says, “The link between taxation and development is fundamental. The failure to collect tax in developing countries is therefore a major concern. Poor revenue collection of property, wealth, income and sales taxes [...]
December 19, 2011 – 1:01 pm by cyn
At the Woodbrooke conference in November there seemed to be a desire among Friends there to engage with alternatives to the present failed economic system, so I thought there might be some interest in a report published by the Compass organisation (compassonline.org.uk) - Directions for the democratic Left. It is entitled ‘Plan B’, and has [...]
December 6, 2011 – 9:15 pm by cyn
As the neoliberal net closes in on us is it trivial to think of the small steps to economic equality? A Saturday day out in London. Under two hours on the train south from a northern city– but then 20 minutes queueing in border control – well not exactly – really queueing for an underground [...]
November 22, 2011 – 11:15 am by Jo Poole
This documentary with Ian Hislop will be on BBC 2 this evening at 9pm. Focusing on the morals of bankers in the past, Quaker bankers such as Samuel Gurney will be featured. More information And if you want to hear more about the Quaker businessmen of the past and how they lived their faith, do [...]
November 3, 2011 – 12:49 pm by lin
Support the ‘Occupy’ Movement Friends, the Occupy movement is today’s cutting edge in the struggle for Equality. On Monday, carrying a placard ‘Quakers for Equality’ I spent the day in St Paul’s Cathedral Square talking with participants from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds who are creating a working democratic community from scratch–being the [...]
October 29, 2011 – 11:18 am by Tony Weekes
I am encouraged by our Friend Lin (of Bristol). In a comment under the posting Ask David Cameron to support a Robin Hood Tax, she reports on her visit to two sites in Bristol. A brief extract from her posting reads: “I hope to write this up in detail soon, but today (26 October) I [...]
June 25, 2011 – 8:48 am by Sunniva
I’m writing from Woodbrooke in Birmingham where from yesterday evening until Sunday lunch time (24th – 26th June 2011) 40 Friends are gathering to talk about Quakers and Transition. Transition Initiatives are community led responses to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and the economic system. They aim to build resistance and drastically [...]
March 31, 2011 – 12:57 pm by Tony Weekes
Tagged green
One of the points which we all must grasp is that “the economy” and “economics” – the ‘lens’ through which we judge success and failure – are, to a great extent, human constructions. We have entrusted the development and maintenance of this lens (the more commonly used word is paradigm) to a group of people [...]
February 7, 2011 – 11:47 am by Phil Entwistle
I’m sure others who use Quakernomics are ahead of me and have already read and digested this book. I’ve just read the last chapter – title “The Bill”. I found it reassuring in one sense. It confirms what I’ve been thinking: about a broken system; enough is enough; it’s mainly the banks’ fault; and a [...]
February 3, 2011 – 11:27 am by Susan Seymour
The report on the Steady State Economics Conference held in Leeds last June is now available here: http://steadystate.org/enough-is-enough/ It is much more readable than most conference reports as the discussions in the workshops have been written up in a standard format. It covers a wide range of topics (see index page below). I found it [...]
