Five Big Ideas We Should Be Talking About By Sara Robinson Institute for Our Future http://institute.ourfuture.org/ "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized." -- Daniel Burnham, American architect Summary: This is a moment for a big vision, painted in bold strokes. We need our own shelf full of challenging new ideas that will shake up people's assumptions, change the terms of the discussion, and expand the

Criminal Banks and Brokers Continue To Ply Their Trade… Richard J. Greene What ever would possess intelligent professionals such as those running the finances of major financial institutions to leverage their equity 88 to one in the case of Citigroup and 134 to one in the case of Bank of America? JP Morgan’s credit exposure to financial derivatives, (financial weapons of mass destruction) at last glance exceeded 400 to 1! An undergraduate student with average intelligence would clearly see t