7gen Bloc

Our financial system is beset by a whole host of chronic illnesses, chief among them gluttony, amorality, and opacity. Band-aids won't mend it; the patient requires immediate surgery. Unfortunately, we can't apply the scalpel until we X-ray these ailing financial institutions and deeply understand the source of their sickness. In other words, we must apply one of corporate responsibility's core principles: radical transparency. ...

"Mother Nature doesn't do bailouts." -Glenn Prickett, senior vice president at Conservation International. Thomas Friedman began a recent New York Times column by quoting from a brilliantly insightful, fake 2005 story from the Onion. The article cited an employee of "Fenghua Ningbo Plastic Works Ltd.," expressing his disbelief over the "sheer amount of [garbage] Americans will buy" and the "contemptible" fact that when we no longer want an item we "simply throw it away." ...