It's official !!! >>> UK 'entering recession', says Bank governor

[Massimo]

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UK 'entering recession', says Bank governor
Oct 21 2008 22:42
Mervyn King has given his gloomiest assessment of Britain's economic 
prospects since taking charge of the Bank of England in 2003, warning 
about the risk of another sharp decline in sterling
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The recession is going global...may this be the starting of  a practical 
and autonomous alternative to our  growth&accumulation-addicted society...

Some information about "Sustainable De-growth" :  http://www.degrowth.net/

ECONOMIC DE-GROWTH FOR ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL EQUITY.
http://events.it-sudparis.eu/degrowthconference/en/

The full Proceedings of the first academic and international conference 
on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity can 
be downloaded here :
http://events.it-sudparis.eu/degrowthconference/en/appel/Degrowth%20Conference%20-%20Proceedings.pdf
Size 6M, 322 p, 52 contributions in social, physics, environmental or 
economic sciences

Interesting at Pag. 64 a chapter dedicated to co-housing ...
Enabling degrowth at the neighbourhood level.
Analysis of the cohousing movement
LIETAERT Matthieu

UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONFERENCE HAS ALREADY BEING INFILTRATED ( OR 
ORGANIZED ... who knows ?)  BY THE "CLUB OF ROME",
PROBABLY FOR THEIR NEVER ENDING (NEO)-LIBERAL's PREOCCUPATION WITH 
SOCIAL "PROBLEMS" AND OBSESSION WITH ENTROPY ...

"A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence."
-G.K. Chesterton