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  • 7 Sep 2009
    Adair Turner and more than just capital

    The financial regulator who recently called for a Tobin-like tax on banking is unapologetic about the fuss he caused, and determined to re-interate basic questions about what economics really is.

  • 21 Oct 2008
    Archbishop urges Christians and Muslims to create fairer lending

    The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said greed is the root cause of the current economic crisis and he has called on Christians and Muslims to work together to decide upon a fairer system of borrowing and lending.

  • 21 Oct 2008
    Believable finance

    Ekklesia's briefing on faith and economy has been updated again to include the latest material appearing on the site about the global credit crunch.

  • 21 Oct 2008
    Neoliberal economics in retreat, says Christian gathering

    There is a "gradual retreat of neoliberalism" in the region, according to participants in a Latin America and Caribbean ecumenical Christian consultation to examine the links between poverty, wealth and ecology.

  • 1 Oct 2008
    US Catholic bishops say that the global market needs taming

    The US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development has issued a strong statement on the economic crisis, urging the Bush administration and Congress to focus on finance as a moral issue.

  • 19 Jan 2008
    Between Northern Rock and a hard place

    The current fluster over how to solve the crisis at Northern Rock indicates the degree of economic fetishism surrounding privatisation and nationalisation.