Alternative Finance Festival
On 15 September 2018 it has been 10 years since the fall of the US bank Lehman Brothers. It was the start of the financial crisis and it cost governments billions trying to save the…
Ten years after the financial crisis
On 15 September 2018 it has been 10 years since the fall of the Lehman Brothers. It was the beginning of the financial crisis and it cost billions of taxpayers’ money to save the banks. Several measures have been taken since then, but the financial sector has not fundamentally changed.
In a series of articles we will explore how the global financial system will need to change to prevent the next crisis.
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A lesson not learned 10 years after the crisis
Reimagine the financial system
We are facing urgent challenges: social, environmental, political. It all starts with freeing society from the grip of finance and democracy from the capture of finance’s private interests. Ten years on from the financial crisis,…
How to prevent financial crises in emerging markets?
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bankers take little action against emerging risks in the financial system
The Ministers of Finance and the Governors of the Central Banks of the G20 countries gathered for a meeting in Buenos Aires on 20-21 July in a secure, fully sealed off area. The participants discussed…
The politics of quantitative easing
A critical assesment of the harmful impact of European monetary policy on developing countries
Shadow banking and tax avoidance
Since the start of the financial crisis, various international fora such as the G20 and the OECD discussed tackling the risks of the shadow banking system. This financial system consists of the issuance and trading…
The politics of quantitative easing and the increasingly negative consequences they have on developing countries
A Structural problem in the shadows
Lobbying by banks in the Netherlands
