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Barack Obama: A Mediocre Energy President

By Robert Rapier on August 31, 2011 7 Comments Bachmann, Big Oil, domestic oil companies, energy policy, financial system, foreign oil, Jon Stewart, McCain, Obama, Obama administration, Obama administration energy policy, oil industry, Palin, president obama, Robert Rapier, Romney, Wall Street, Wall Street bankers

Critique of the Obama presidency’s energy policies. This post makes the painfully accurate point that the Obama administration has essentially given the big Wall Street bankers a free pass and has bailed them out and shielded them from having to bear the consequences of their greed driven risky investments; while at the same time he is attacking the domestic US oil industry.

What Is Socially Responsible Investing?

By Forex Traders on April 7, 2011 1 Comment corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, CSR, environment, Forex Traders, increase shareholder value, John Wesley, Methodist movement, Social Justice, socially responsible investing, SRI, Wall Street

This post provides an overview of socially responsible investing and touches on some of the background and issues surrounding it. Socially responsible investing (SRI) is a method of investment in which the investor invests capital only into companies that engage in socially responsible behaviors. This post is targeted towards those who may not already have had previous exposure to the SRI movement and the issues facing it.