http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/the-future-of-capitalism/focus/ en clay@kdweb.co.uk Copyright 2009 2009-03-02T15:18:48+00:00 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828069,00.html http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828069,00.html#When:16:19:02Z Capitalism has improved the lives of billions of people — something that's easy to forget at a time of great economic uncertainty. But it has left out billions more. 2008-07-31T16:19:02+00:00 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101901416.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/19/AR2008101901416.html#When:16:16:10Z As financial panic spread across the globe and governments scrambled to contain the damage, reality seemed to announce the doom of U.S.-style free markets and President Bush's ideology. 2008-10-20T16:16:10+00:00 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122433901538447677.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122433901538447677.html#When:16:24:16Z A planned international summit on the financial crisis is turning into a debate over the future shape of capitalism, with European leaders favoring greater international oversight of markets, and U.S. officials preferring the current model of national regulation. 2008-10-20T16:24:16+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5122450.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5122450.ece#When:15:03:05Z Mr Brown will urge the rejection of "beggar-thy-neighbour protectionism that has been a feature in transforming past crises into deep recessions". 2008-11-10T15:03:05+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7728929.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7728929.stm#When:15:01:53Z Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged leaders of the G20 developed and emerging economies to resist calls for protectionism. 2008-11-14T15:01:53+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7863047.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7863047.stm#When:15:35:27Z Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has said protectionism would be a "huge mistake" ahead of talks to end strikes over employing foreign workers. 2009-01-31T15:35:27+00:00 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876944,00.html?xid=rss-world-cnn http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876944,00.html?xid=rss-world-cnn#When:16:07:24Z 2009-02-04T16:07:24+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article5689642.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article5689642.ece#When:15:09:29Z Anatole Kaletsky outlines some of the unorthodox approaches to economics which conventional economists have ignored and which might have helped to avert the present crisis 2009-02-09T15:09:29+00:00 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5700760.ece http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5700760.ece#When:15:06:35Z The slumping pound did little to help British exports in December, but imports dropped sharply as the cost of foreign-made goods spiralled and demand slumped, resulting in the narrowest trade gap for one and half years and offering a sliver of hope for the economy. 2009-02-10T15:06:35+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7880748.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7880748.stm#When:15:34:46Z Fears of increasing protectionism in Europe are overshadowing a meeting of EU finance ministers. 2009-02-10T15:34:46+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7881999.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7881999.stm#When:17:20:42Z Conservative leader David Cameron has said people's "faith in capitalism and free enterprise" must be restored despite the global downturn 2009-02-10T17:20:42+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a4dc3e0-f7fd-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a4dc3e0-f7fd-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html#When:11:41:02Z Chinese exports dropped 17.5 per cent in January compared with the same month the year before, the biggest decline in more than a decade as the impact on the economy from the global slump gathered pace. 2009-02-11T11:41:02+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7887659.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7887659.stm#When:12:35:16Z European economies contracted in the fourth quarter of last year, with some countries registering the worst figures in decades, official data shows. 2009-02-13T12:35:16+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5762070.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5762070.ece#When:14:05:49Z This crisis is not a total failure of world capitalism and nothing will be achieved by a retreat into narrow nationalism 2009-02-19T14:05:49+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/24/obama-environment-economic-rescue http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/24/obama-environment-economic-rescue#When:11:18:31Z Campaigners hope huge spending packages aimed at easing the slump will spell the first serious attempt to tackle climate change. But are they as green as billed? 2009-02-24T11:18:31+00:00 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/#When:08:53:44Z The UK taxpayer is to inject a further £25 bilion into the Royal Bank of Scotland, the ailing bank revealed today, bringing its total bailout cash to more than £45 billion. 2009-02-26T08:53:44+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7917272.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7917272.stm#When:10:49:17Z EU leaders have ended an emergency summit in Brussels saying they are determined to avoid protectionist moves in response to the economic crisis. 2009-03-01T10:49:17+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29cb8644-068c-11de-ab0f-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29cb8644-068c-11de-ab0f-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1#When:10:54:21Z Gordon Brown’s meeting with Barack Obama this week is being portrayed by British officials as a make-or-break opportunity to ­persuade the new US administration to engage in international efforts to tackle the recession. 2009-03-01T10:54:21+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b32b6ade-075a-11de-9294-000077b07658,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fb32b6ade-075a-11de-9294-000077b07658.html&_i_referer= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b32b6ade-075a-11de-9294-000077b07658,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fb32b6ade-075a-11de-9294-000077b07658.html&_i_referer=#When:10:38:30Z Gordon Brown will on Wednesday challenge Democrats on Capitol Hill to resist protectionism 2009-03-03T10:38:30+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7922089.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7922089.stm#When:16:08:47Z It wasn't long ago that Gordon Brown wanted to downgrade the lending side of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and make it an independent economic watchdog instead. 2009-03-03T16:08:47+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/4936122/Gordon-Brown-to-warn-US-against-economic-protectionism.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/4936122/Gordon-Brown-to-warn-US-against-economic-protectionism.html#When:11:42:07Z Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister, is preparing to use a speech to the US Congress in Washington to urge American politicians to avoid retreating to economic protectionism. 2009-03-04T11:42:07+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7922426.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7922426.stm#When:17:11:49Z In Gordon Brown's speech to both Houses on Capitol Hill, he states that neither nation should "succumb" to protectionism "which protects no-one", but seize opportunities ahead. 2009-03-04T17:11:49+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/04/bank-of-england-quantitative-easing http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/04/bank-of-england-quantitative-easing#When:11:10:32Z The financial crisis will enter a new phase today when the Bank of England announces that it will fight the economic downturn by pumping hundreds of billions of pounds into the economy. 2009-03-05T11:10:32+00:00 http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13235115 http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13235115#When:16:15:02Z For two decades, in the 1980s and 1990s, China pushed forward a series of economic reforms that came at a vast cost, exceeded only by their vaster rewards. Now, as the financial crisis sweeps across the world, those reforms are going into reverse. It is a sign of how hard governments find it to shake off the habit of ownership. 2009-03-05T16:15:02+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/06/green-politics-ed-miliband-low-carbon http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/06/green-politics-ed-miliband-low-carbon#When:11:20:49Z Ed Miliband, Climate Change Secretary says new jobs will be created in low-carbon industries for 400,000 people - from lagging lofts to nuclear power - the government will announce today. 2009-03-06T11:20:49+00:00 http://www.ft.com/indepth/capitalism-future http://www.ft.com/indepth/capitalism-future#When:12:46:54Z The Financial Times have started a new series 'The Future of Capitalism' 2009-03-09T12:46:54+00:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f6f08da-0d7d-11de-8914-0000779fd2ac.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f6f08da-0d7d-11de-8914-0000779fd2ac.html#When:14:50:14Z 50 people who will frame the debate on the Future of Capitalism 2009-03-10T14:50:14+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/12/japan-recession-global-downturn http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/12/japan-recession-global-downturn#When:12:13:04Z Japan's economy shrank 3.2% in the final three months of last year, figures out today showed, confirming fears that the country is mired in its deepest recession since the second world war. 2009-03-12T12:13:04+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/12/china-growth-slows-exports-fall http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/12/china-growth-slows-exports-fall #When:12:15:25Z China's industrial growth slid at the start of the year as exports slumped at a record pace, according to official figures. 2009-03-12T12:15:25+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4996994/Britain-showing-signs-of-heading-towards-1930s-style-depression-says-Bank.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4996994/Britain-showing-signs-of-heading-towards-1930s-style-depression-says-Bank.html#When:13:53:19Z The country is displaying early symptoms of being trapped in a so-called “debt deflation trap” where families find themselves pushed further and further into the red every month, according to a Bank report published today. 2009-03-16T13:53:19+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7945646.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7945646.stm#When:13:54:42Z Prime Minister Gordon Brown has steered clear of echoing the chairman of the US central bank's prediction that the economic recovery will begin next year. 2009-03-16T13:54:42+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7938086.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7938086.stm#When:14:44:26Z US President Barack Obama has said that countries must take concerted action to spur global economic growth. 2009-03-16T14:44:26+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/30/g20-sustainable-development-commission http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/30/g20-sustainable-development-commission#When:10:15:43Z The pursuit of economic growth was one of the root causes of the financial crisis, and governments should respond to the recession by abandoning growth at all costs in favour of a more sustainable, greener system, says a report out today. 2009-03-30T10:15:43+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/30/g20-gordon-brown http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/30/g20-gordon-brown#When:10:19:34Z Ministers were struggling to maintain momentum for the G20 summit last night after it emerged that any spending decisions would be deferred to a later meeting, further narrowing the scope of this week's London talks, which have been plagued by divisions between European leaders and Gordon Brown. 2009-03-30T10:19:34+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/01/barack-obama-arrives-downing-street http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/01/barack-obama-arrives-downing-street#When:09:35:29Z US president cheered by No 10 staff as he and wife Michelle arrive for discussions with prime minister 2009-04-01T09:35:29+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7979918.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7979918.stm#When:09:06:47Z Slowly the shape of the world after the financial flood is beginning to emerge. 2009-04-06T09:06:47+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8483896.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8483896.stm#When:09:55:41Z French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a fundamental rethink of capitalism in the aftermath of the financial crisis.  "We need deep profound change," he said in his keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. 2010-01-28T09:55:41+00:00