http://www.theiu.org The IU was established in 1926. Now a global Non-Governmental Organisation it operates independently free of any government funding. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:09:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Professor Roger Sandilands presents the story of The People's Budget in its 100 year anniversary and why it is still relevant today. [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/flvs/glasgow.flv /] http://www.theiu.org/films/glasgows-stolen-birthright.html The latest issue of theIU newsletter is available to view online.  We share news from around the globe, a book review on "The Earth Belongs to Everyone" written by our member Alanna Hartzok, and details on our upcoming conference. [caption id="attachment_386" width="115" caption="Click here to download"][/caption] http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-29.html April 26-30 2010 London, UK The IU are delighted to be holding the 2010 Global Conference in London. We will be posting further details on the conference as they develop, along with information on booking with our partner hotels within the city. It is going to be a critical time in the global ... http://www.theiu.org/news/iu-global-conference-2010.html The latest issue of theIU newsletter is available to view online.  It shares with you the outlines for meeting the challenges of the current economic situation and member news from around the world. Issue 28: May 2008 http://www.theiu.org/news/newsletter-issue-28.html Face it. The world is no closer to consigning poverty to history. Why is there still poverty from whole countries of the poor South, to the back streets, slums and trailer parks of the rich West? The good intentions, the money, the rhetoric, the pity and the media histrionics are ... http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/solving-real-debt-crisis-fred-harrison-september-2007.html The people of Africa do not need aid. They can fund their infrastructure out of their own resources - the rents that are being sieved out of the continent. This self-funding mechanism (described in Ch. 5 [§3]) is the solution that economists choose to ignore. If you want to prove ... http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/alannas-online-education-program.html The key to a lasting peace between the Jewish Israelis and the Arab Palestinians is the payment of rent for land. Palestinians and Israelis fight and kill for land, yet paying rent for land remains an unknown concept. This illustrates the importance of understanding basic economics. Download Rent! The final ... http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/rent-final-economic-frontier.html Ed Dodson's paper investigates the transition of land into private domain  and role of land speculation in the expansion of the United States west of the Mississippi River The discovery by European explorers of the vast and thinly-populated western hemisphere set into motion a migration of groups from the Old World ... http://www.theiu.org/learning-resources/public-private-domain-blink-eye.html IU President, Fernando Scornik Gerstein, explains why we can't make poverty history under the current rules of the game. [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/flvs/04fernando.flv /] http://www.theiu.org/films/the-iu-mission.html Economists say there is no 'Silver Bullet' - but with such wealth in the world, why are so many still so poor? [flashvideo file=wp-content/uploads/flvs/01humanrights.flv /] http://www.theiu.org/films/silver-bullet-i-the-human-right.html