(Deutsch) Film Catastroika jetzt auch mit deutschem Untertitel

Mike Nagler | 21. May 2012 | Filed under: General • Education/Knowledge • Energy • Finances • Health/Social Issues • Public Space • Privatization • Distribution of Wealth • Security • Water • Housing | Leave a comment

(Deutsch) Wem gehört das Gold?

Markus Euskirchen | 16. May 2012 | Filed under: • • • • Finances | Leave a comment

(Deutsch) Neuer Film: Catastroika

Mike Nagler | 27. April 2012 | Filed under: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • General • Education/Knowledge • Energy • Finances • Health/Social Issues • Mobility • Public Space • Privatization • Distribution of Wealth • Security • Water • Housing | Leave a comment

(Deutsch) Was in Griechenland so zum Verkauf steht

Mike Nagler | | Filed under: • • • • • • • Finances • Mobility • Public Goods • Public Space • Privatization • Distribution of Wealth • Security • Water • Housing | Leave a comment

(Deutsch) Occupy geht weiter

Henrik Lebuhn | 25. April 2012 | Filed under: • • • General • Upcoming Events • Labour/Precarity • Debates: Theories/Alternatives • Finances • Public Space • Practical Struggles | Leave a comment

Debtocracy

Markus Euskirchen | 21. July 2011 | Filed under: • • • • Finances | Leave a comment

For the first time in Greece a documentary produced by the audience. “Debtocracy” seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media. The documentary will be distributed free by the end of March without usage rights and broadcasted and subtitled in at least three languages. Read Continue reading →

Sell your islands, you bankrupt Greeks!

Markus Euskirchen | 12. July 2011 | Filed under: • • Finances | Leave a comment

The RLS published a pamphlet on the ongoing Greek debt crisis. Find out more about why it doesn’t help to sell all the islands and read the review of the pamphlet by  TheCurrentMoment.

Who owns the Greek islands?

Markus Euskirchen | 7. July 2011 | Filed under: • • • • • • Finances | Leave a comment

The new smash hit booklet «Sell your islands, you bankrupt Greeks» deals with 20 popular fallacies concerning the debt crisis: It’s that time again! Greece needs more loans and the governments in Europe are arguing about whether it’s really necessary and who should foot the bill. There is widespread opinion in Germany that Greece itself Continue reading →

What happens after privatizing the pension system?

Markus Euskirchen | 9. April 2010 | Filed under: • • • • Editor's Choice • Finances | Leave a comment

The pension reforms of the years 2000 until 2007 were supposed to attenuate the foreseeable effects of demographic change on the pension system. This is why the retirement age was raised, the pension level was lowered and a so-called sustainability factor (“Nachhaltigkeitsfaktor”) was introduced into the pension formula. This approach meant a fundamental change of Continue reading →

Bailout-Economy: Privatizing Gains And Socializing Losses

Markus Euskirchen | 4. June 2009 | Filed under: • • General • Finances | Leave a comment

There is no shortage of opposition to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s new bank bailout plan, and while some arguments are unfounded, Joseph Stiglitz does make a good point. According to Stiglitz the worst part about the bailout plan is that it will privatize gains while socializing losses. With this in mind it makes it an Continue reading →

Doug Henwood: Nationalize the Banks!

Markus Euskirchen | 21. April 2009 | Filed under: • • • • De-Privatization • Finances | Leave a comment

Doug Henwood delivered ”Nationalize the Banks! What Does it Really Mean?,” on a panel organized by the Socialist Register, at the Left Forum, New York City, April 19, 2009: “The title of our session reminds me of that glorious week in Seattle back in December 1999. At that time, and for a little while afterwards, Continue reading →

Financial Crisis’ Impacts on Public Services and PPP

Markus Euskirchen | 11. February 2009 | Filed under: • • Finances • PPP | Leave a comment

PSIRU researches the privatisation and restructuring of public services around the world, with special focus on water, energy, waste management, and healthcare. It produces reports and maintains an extensive database on the multinational companies involved and on the financial crisis’ impacts on public services and PPP. The first paper examines the impact of the economic Continue reading →

State-owned Wealth Funds (SWFs)

Markus Euskirchen | 28. January 2009 | Filed under: • Finances | Leave a comment

Western politicians, business leaders and commentators seem paranoid about state-owned sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), particularly those from the Middle East and China. They fear that SWFs follow strategic political objectives — investing in Western companies and banks to secure control of strategically important industries such as telecommunications, energy and banking — rather than commercial interests. Continue reading →

Taking it Private. Consequences of the Global Growth of Private Equity

Markus Euskirchen | 22. January 2009 | Filed under: • Finances | 1 Comment

The Corner House presents research about private equity that during the last two decades became an integral component of the world’s financial system – at a time when financial markets overshadowed the productive economy. Private equity was invariably behind the multi-billion buyout deals, and mergers and acquisitions that swept across the US and Europe, creating Continue reading →

G20: Response to global financial housing crisis

Mario Candeias | 6. January 2009 | Filed under: • • • Finances | Leave a comment

In response to the global financial & housing crisis to G-20: Build a Global Social Pact for Equitable and Sustainable Habitat now! International housing rights alliances call for fundamental change of global financial architecture and financing habitat

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