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  • February 2, 2009
    Reformed churches back radical call for global economic change

    The World Alliance of Reformed Churches says that that the global economic crisis offers an opportunity to create a more just financial system, backing calls from other churches at the World Social Forum.

  • January 26, 2009
    WCC to explore economic alternatives at World Social Forum

    Viable alternatives to the international financial architecture responsible for the current global crises will be topics explored by members of a World Council of Churches delegation at the World Social Forum.

  • January 6, 2009
    Who Owns Fairtrade? A debate on who benefits, influences and controls Fairtrade

    The idea of fair trade has become increasingly popular amongst consumers and some producers. But who does fair-trade really benefit? The producers, the consumers or the farmers?

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  • December 12, 2008
    Is more shopping really our salvation?

    The Bank of England reports that members of the public now owe £1.457 trillion, £1.219 trillion of which is secured on dwellings, the value of which con­tinues to diminish, says Giles Fraser. So is more shopping the answer?

  • November 28, 2008
    Development agencies challenge UK government on global finance

    As world leaders and finance ministers meet this weekend to discuss funding for poorer countries, two leading development agencies are calling for major reforms of the global financial system.

  • November 26, 2008
    Support for UK 'Green New Deal' growing, say activists

    As the scale of the global credit, climate and oil shocks becomes clearer, support for a radical 'Green New Deal' is growing, political economist Ann Pettifor and analyst Andrew Simms told a meeting in parliament last night.

  • November 25, 2008
    Fair finance agency becomes official Churches Together partner

    Oikocredit, the worldwide co-operative which challenges churches and others to share their resources through socially responsible investments, has become a 'body in association' with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

  • November 17, 2008
    Coming under liberating judgement

    The biblical theme of judgement confronts us with some tough issues, says Simon Barrow. But rightly understood it is about liberation not vindictiveness, and a reorientation which is economic as much as spiritual, political as much as religious.

  • November 14, 2008
    WCC says world needs a new international financial architecture

    As many "responsible for the current financial meltdown" meet "behind closed doors in Washington" to discuss the future of the global economy, the World Council of Churches has challenged the legitimacy of the "G20" group.

  • October 21, 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.