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  Homer & Friends on Lehman Brothers and Accounting Rules v Principles - Part 3

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  Sustainable Finance: Our panel Homer Simpson, Henry David Thoreau and Gordon Gekko completes its discussion of Lehman Brothers and Accounting Rules vs Principles: Gekko

  

  Michael Hassett • April 05 • 0

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  What's Up At IFC

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  Sustainable Finance: What's new at the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? Three recent projects demonstrate the flexibility and scope of the IFC, an independent mem

  

  Michael Hassett • March 31 • 0

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  Cap&Trade Dead - The Door-nail Plan, A Vison of What's Next

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  Sustainable Finance: Like Scrooge's partner Old Marley, Cap and Trade is dead as a door-nail. Despite passing in the House last June, the Cap and Trade bill has been inte

  

  Michael Hassett • March 30 • 4

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  Consumption Tax: The Next Big Test - VAT, NST or None of the Above?

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  Sustainable Finance: Like Spring, VAT is in the air. Uncle Sam needs more revenue. A consumption tax, either a value added tax (VAT) or a national sales tax (NST) could b

  

  Michael Hassett • March 29 • 2

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  Drinking Blue Gold All Day in Nairobi - Without the Hangover

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  Sustainable Finance: I spent all yesterday drinking in celebration of a major holiday, and I feel great today. No, it's not March 18 and the beverage was not green beer,

  

  Michael Hassett • March 24 • 0

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  My Facebook Friend Uncle Sam Is Too Friendly

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  Sustainable Finance: The IRS and the Department of Justice have released documents revealing their approach to the use of social networking sites in response to last year

  

  Michael Hassett • March 23 • 1

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  Where's Smoot? An Upset Victory for Global Cooperation Reduces Financial Risk

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  Sustainable Finance: Where's Smoot? Remember the early days of the bursting real estate bubble, financial crisis and recession that we hope won't turn into a depression?

  

  Michael Hassett • March 22 • 1

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  Homer & Friends on Executive Compensation and Say on Pay - Part 3

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  Sustainable Finance: This column continues the panel discussion on executive compensation and Say on Pay featuring Homer Simpson, Gordon Gekko and Henry David Thoreau. H

  

  Michael Hassett • March 15 • 0

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  Homer & Friends on Executive Compensation and Say on Pay - Part 2

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  Sustainable Finance: This column continues the panel discussion on executive compensation and Say on Pay featuring Homer Simpson, Gordon Gekko and Henry David Thoreau. H

  

  Michael Hassett • March 15 • 0

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  Homer & Friends on Executive Compensation and Say on Pay - Part 1

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  Sustainable Finance: It's that time of year, March Madness, and by that I mean the annual wave of indignation and anger reacting to executive compensation disclosure repo

  

  Michael Hassett • March 15 • 1

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  Iceland - Green Acres for Journalists

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  Sustainable Finance: If Iceland were a mortgaged home, it would be underwater. No global warming jokes, please. Iceland's banks were rabid, deregulated participants in th

  

  Michael Hassett • March 09 • 1

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  For How Long Can I Sustain March Madness?

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  Sustainable Finance: March Madness is here, but is it sustainable? Yes, until that keg runs dry. As you fill out your brackets, consider some basic thoughts on governance

  

  Michael Hassett • March 09 • 0

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  Emerging Markets Disclosure Project Renews Call for Sustainability Reporting

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  Sustainable Finance: On March 1, the Emerging Markets Disclosure Project, an international initiative to improve corporate environmental, social and governance reporting

  

  Michael Hassett • March 08 • 0

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  Bring Back the Rectangle -Redistricting For Safe Seats Creates Stalemate

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  Sustainable Finance: It's time to bring back the rectangle. Sustainable business needs a functioning government. We can't find enough scientists and engineers for the gre

  

  Michael Hassett • March 03 • 0

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  Ceres Assails Corporate Disclosure on Water Risk - SRI More Powerful than SEC?

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  Sustainable Finance: Ceres, a network of investors concerned with SRI, environmental organizations and other public interest groups, with analytical support from UBS and

  

  Michael Hassett • March 02 • 0

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  Happiness, Gratitude, SRI and the Part Timer.

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  Sustainable Finance: Bigger isn't better? Not exactly a novel concept for sustainability or SRI cognoscenti going back at least as far as John Stuart Mill. Right now gove

  

  Michael Hassett • March 01 • 1

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  My Shirt Is An iPod - SRI Opportunity?

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  Sustainable Finance: Nice shirt, how many tunes does it store? Thanks to developments recently reported in Nano Letters by a Stanford research team, you might be asking t

  

  Michael Hassett • February 23 • 0

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  SRI Short Sales - Doh! Homer & Friends II

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  Sustainable Finance: This post continues the SRI panel discussion between Homer Simpson, Gordon Gekko and Henry David Thoreau, inspired by Jed Emerson's article Beyond Go

  

  Michael Hassett • February 19 • 0

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  SRI Hedge Funds- Doh! Homer & Friends I

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  Sustainable Finance: Jed Emerson, a thoughtful manager of both philanthropy and investment, probably didn't ask to be called a "rock star of a new breed of innovators", b

  

  Michael Hassett • February 18 • 4

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  Gambling - Sustainable or Unacceptable Financial Risk for States

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  Sustainable Finance: The house always wins, but it doesn't always make a profit, there's real financial risk in gambling. Now increased competition is cutting into profit

  

  Michael Hassett • February 17 • 1

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