Is our economic system flawed?
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About the video: ‘Is our economic system flawed?’
Frank Dixon elaborates on why he thinks our present economic and political systems incentivize to do business in irresponsible ways. He describes how these systems can be changed and what investors and banks can do to catalyse change towards a more sustainable business methodology.
Total views: 3,613
Filmed: London, UK on 20 May 2004
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2004 Big Picture TV
About Frank Dixon
Frank Dixon is currently working as sustainability advisor.
He’s founder of Global System Change, and former Managing Director of Research & Development at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, the largest corporate sustainability research company in the world.
He developed a new sustainability approach focused on system change, called Total Corporate Responsibility.
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