Monetary and Financial System Reform Debate

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As we believe that this crisis cannot be solved without reforming the monetary and regulating the financial system, this page is to be updated with the latest developements in theese fields, so feel free to post any valuable resources below. Looking forward to G20 summit in London, we bring you reading that we find interesting.
In line with our "holistic approach", we present four documents calling for International Finacial System reform. First two were written for G20 Washington summit that took place in November 2008, whist the third is six years older, but is relevant as it reflects official G24 standpoints. Last document is something that we found accidentaly, a new formulation of an old Kenyes idea, introduction of world reserve currency - called Terra International Monetary Union.
We also recommend a book titled: The Future of Money - Creating New Wealth, Work and a Wiser World , by WAAS member Bernard Lietaer.

First document is titled: "Social Democratic Principles - Towards a New Financial Architecture" - written by Joseph Stiglitz for FEPS-Europe. (third way approach)
Second document, Global Unions Washington declaration, focuses not only on the financial sytem refom, but also promotes proposes wider measures, sort of new age keynesianism.
The third document is from 2001; Reform of the International Financial System and Institutions in Light of the Asian Financial Crisis - Yung Chul Park and Yunjong Wang
iNSnet - Terra International Monetary Union
Also, we wolud like to point your attention to a brilliant IMF working paper by James Boughton - Why White not Keynes - Inventing the Postwar International Monetary System.