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Face it – the world is no closer to eradicating poverty. Economists claim there is no silver bullet but with such wealth in the world why are so many still so poor?
This film reveals what the anti poverty movement has been missing…
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the US has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
“In the US and many other countries, the too-big-to-fail banks have become even bigger,” Stiglitz said in an interview overnight in Paris. “The problems are worse than they were in 2007 before the crisis.”
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The former prime minister Tony Blair has received millions of pounds through an unusual mixture of commercial, charitable and religious income streams. Since he stepped down from office in 2007, his financial affairs have been described by observers as “Byzantine” and “opaque”. The Guardian is now launching an online competition offering a prize to the person who can shine the brightest light on those financial structures.
Blair has a commercial consultancy, called Tony Blair Associates, plus jobs advising a US bank and a Swiss insurer. He has a multimillion pound book deal. He also has a charity, the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, and another called the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. But much of the income, which includes charitable donations from other sources, has been funnelled through a structure called Windrush Ventures No 3 Limited Partnership. Our contest asks: what is Windrush?
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Keep in the know with news and information from our new Podcast offering. See what we will be sharing with you in this introduction by Fred Harrison.
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A voice of sanity that may save our world for posterity, if heeded by those who make decisions on our behalf.
I thought this was simply brilliant. More, please.
You are my hero Fred – keep it up
It seems like Vince Cable may have been taking to Fred. But at look at the outrage of Paxman etc at the thought of a property tax.
Wonderful piece of work in quality of content and in actual filming. Very impressive and totally professional……………….Well done all involved.