We have recently received an avalanche of reports which all give recommendations to prevent the repetition of this financial crisis. In this paper, we add a number of remarks which according to us deserve to be included in the debate.

“Bubbles and crashes” are an endemic feature of financial systems in capitalist countries.

The Itinera Institute presents it's NEW YEARS MEMO 2009, our vision of the policy priorities for the Van Rompuy I Government. We stress the importance of the current legislation, and formulate a list of recommendations for bold, proactive policy choises.

The Itinera Institute is proud to present it's new book:"The future of Health Care: the diagnosis & treatments". The Belgian Healthcare system possesses numerous assets, but is also seriously threatened by the new challenges of the 21st century.

The financial crisis we’re going through urges us to fundamentally rethink our financial system. We often pretend to be entirely dependent of foreign solutions for our problems. In this nota, it is shown we can actually control for a few things ourselves.