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I am writing to invite you and colleagues to a public lecture and day conference: JUST BANKING: building a banking sector that serves society Thursday 19th April, 6pm at George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh Friday 20th April, all day at University of Edinburgh Business School Places are limited so please book early. Go to: http://www.justbanking.org.uk/ It is time for fundamental reforms to make the banking system serve society, rather than the other way around. • How can we end violent booms and busts? • How can we get finance flowing into local economies, and sectors with real social and environmental value? • What is the vision for Scotland's future banking sector? Join leading economists and campaigners to debate positive proposals to address these urgent questions and more. Adam Posen<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=01bf172751&e=da61f03b49>, member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, will set the scene with an evening lecture and panel discussion at 6pm on Thursday 19th April. On Friday the 20th April the University of Edinburgh Business School<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=252791753c&e=da61f03b49> will host a full day of presentations and seminars with thought-leaders<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=dc52166504&e=da61f03b49> from the UK and beyond, including: * Ann Pettifor<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=1d151577ca&e=da61f03b49> of Policy Research in Macro Economics and author of The Coming First World Debt Crisis (2006) * Michael Meacher, MP for Oldham West and Royton * Steve Keen<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=7a60274548&e=da61f03b49>, Professor of Economics & Finance at the University of Western Sydney, and author of Debunking Economics * Richard Werner<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=707774bd2c&e=da61f03b49>, Professor of International Banking at the University of Southampton, who coined the term "Quantitative Easing" * Victoria Chick<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=88f1b34d9a&e=da61f03b49>, Emeritus Professor of Economics at University College London * Tony Greenham, Head of Finance and Business at the New Economics Foundation, and co-author of The conference has been organised by Friends of the Earth Scotland<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=b206e520f3&e=da61f03b49> and the University of Edinburgh Economics Society<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=1cf3d6a70a&e=da61f03b49>, in partnership with Christian Aid<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=e038cda428&e=da61f03b49>, the New Economics Foundation<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=985e7f12d4&e=da61f03b49>, the Scottish Trade Union Congress<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=13a2673dc1&e=da61f03b49>, the World Development Movement<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=c02891d8fe&e=da61f03b49> and Unison<http://foe-scotland.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb46ec170cabc6f454d2b2d95&id=2df29d1150&e=da61f03b49>. For more information or to reserve your place, please visit www.justbanking.org.uk Kind regards, Beth Stratford Sustainable Economics Campaigner Friends of the Earth Scotland Office: 0131 243 2702 (Wednesdays and Fridays only) Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Friends of the Earth Scotland is a independent registered Scottish charity (SC003442). Friends of the Earth Scotland · Thorn House · 5 Rose Street · Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2PR