Ed Milliband’s call for global action to kickstart economy backed up by IMF
Ed Miliband’s call for an emergency G20 summit in September is backed up by an important year-long project undertaken by the IMF, writes Cormac Hollingsworth.
G20
Time to go beyond 0.7 per cent on aid
This Thursday a thousand people from around the UK will be come to Westminster to lobby their MP on international development over a cup of tea.
A thousand economists agree on something – the Robin Hood Tax
Dominic Browne reports on the thousand economists who have voiced their support for the robin hood tax to the G20 finance ministers.
Brown calls on G20 for global jobs action
Gordon Brown has teamed up with the Avaaz global advocacy organisation to push for action from the G20 on global jobs, reports Chris Tarquini.
Cameron’s G20 ignorance risks shutting Britain out of global policy making
If the sad truth is that Cameron simply doesn’t care about Britain taking a lead in developing a more multilateral economic approach then so be it. But by doing so he’s shutting the UK out of the game – with the US, the G20 and the EU.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Tom Phillips brings together the major events of the past week in British and international politics as viewed by Left Foot Forward…
Leaked G20 document reveals more handouts to ‘big oil’
A G20 communiqué indicates that eliminating the estimated $250 billion to $500 billion countries pay to make fossil fuels cheaper will now be made “voluntary” and “member specific.”
Economics for Gui-d’oh Fawkes
Guido Fawkes claims that “the only member country of the G20 still in recession is the UK.” But it’s not true: five G20 countries are still in recession.
Has the G20 done enough to avoid another “oh, my god” moment?
In an absolutely fascinating reconstruction of the events that led to the near collapse of the global financial system last September, the New Yorker’s James B Stewart describes an extraordinary exchange between the Bank of America’s Christopher Flowers and Hanktest
G20 leaders must focus on institutions to raise global living standards
Leaders taking part in the G20, G8+5, and G8 summits over the past year have pledged in effect to reconstitute the international economic order along the lines that progressives have been advocating for years. But for these objectives to be achieved they will need to be translated into major structural improvements in the corresponding multilateral and national institutions.