Not exact matches
The Ethics Resource Center is an Arlington, Virginia - based non-profit that provides among other things, updates on federal policy connected to business ethics, surveys on
topics such
as how the
recession is impacting ethics, and links to other resources around the web.
Figuring out ways to regulate trading by sophisticated investors in derivatives, which go by exotic names such
as «currency forwards» and «credit default swaps,» is a hot
topic in international policy circles, largely because failures on this murky side of the market are blamed for the 2008 global credit meltdown and the
recession that followed.
The organization's website provides free downloadable research reports on such
topics as the economic benefits of high - quality early childhood programs and the impact of the
recession on employers.
The main
topic of conversation will be the
recession, obviously, but home and foreign affairs are up for discussion
as well though.
But
as with other Onion parodies on financial
topics — my favorite is «
Recession - Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble to Invest In» — there is an underlying lesson: Unless you want to spend your «golden years in relatively stable destitution,» you'd better do some retirement planning.