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Bart Chilton — provided by theREALnews network; CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton says: “A Hair Trigger Away from Economic Calamity.” Wall Street lobbyists trying to slow down trading regulations and defund Commission.

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Socialy Responsible Investing – Covers the worldwide boom in ethical investing ($2.3 trillion in the USA alone). Social and environmental costs (pollution, outsourcing, stagnate wages) of maximizing profits to shareholders has given way to concerns for all stakeholders and new “triple bottom line” accounting for people, planet and profits. (~ 27 minutes)

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Clean Food – Surveys the explosive growth of organic agriculture in the face of consumer fears of tainted and imported foods. Locally-grown, fresh, organic food, free of pesticides, farmers’ markets and local contract agriculture are seen as the future. (~ 27 minutes)

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Shareholder Advocacy – Interviews with activist-shareholders pushing their companies to be more socially and environmentally responsible. Corporate managers are responding as active investors join with employees, unions, environmentalists and many other stakeholders to push for higher ethical standards. (~ 27 minutes)

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Woman Owned Businesses – In the USA, 50% of all private companies are owned and managed by women and employ 19 million Americans. Women’s goals differ from those of men: women rate profit-maximizing below other community, family and personal values. We meet many women business leaders, bankers and entrepreneurs. (~ 27 minutes)

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Investing In Your Community – Some of your safest, best investments are right outside your door! A look at successful community investing in growing, vibrant local economies, affordable housing, new small businesses and re-development. (~ 27 minutes)

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Global Corporate Citizenship – More ethical “corporate citizenship” now seen as a must by many leaders and critics. Best practices of corporations in consumer and environmental protection, human and workplace rights. (~ 27 minutes)

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Provided by www.GeniusLoci.com Ecological Design – Beginning in the 1920’s with the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, moving through the 1960’s and the Counter Culture and ending on the doorstep of the 21st century: the film follows the evolution of ecological design from the vision of a few independent thinkers to the powerful movement it is becoming.(~ 64 minutes)

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The Economics of Happiness — provided by The Dylan Ratigan Show; Helena Norberg-Hodge of the International Society for Ecology & Culture (ISEC) promotes her film which offers simple policy steps to reduce unemployment and pollution if we can get beyond the economic myths which have us rushing in the wrong direction.

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Conversation with Vicki Robin — provided by Peak Moment; Published 20 years ago, Your Money or Your Life was written for these times, asserts co-author Vicki Robin. People examine their assumptions about money, decide what is “Enough,” get out of debt, and free up life energy to invest in what matters most to them. Vicki discusses applying these same tools to relationships with our time, opportunities for creativity and exchange, building community, and her ten-mile food diet.

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Richard Trumka on worker and voter rights — provided by The Natonal Press Club; Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, addressed the National Press Club on May 20, 2011, on recent efforts to curb collective bargaining rights in several states, including Wisconsin and Ohio, the political outlook for the 2012 elections, and the impact of austerity budgets on local, state and federal workers. Presentation begins around 6 min mark.

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Frederick Hayek speaks — provided by RealEconTV.com; What if the fundamental theory that guides government

action on the economy were fatally flawed? Frederich Hayek recounts his last conversation with

John Maynard Keynes. Hayek asked Keynes whether he wasn’t alarmed that the real problem was inflation. Keynes  completely agreed, assuring Hayek that Hayek’s theory was “frightfully important in combatting deflation.”  Keynes added that “if inflation ever becomes a danger, I’m going to turn public opinion around like this.” Six weeks later Keynes was dead and couldn’t do it.