Finance and the good society /
By: Shiller, Robert J
Material type: BookPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.Description: xiii, 288 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691158099; 0691154880 (trade : alk. paper)Other title: Finance & the good society.Subject(s): Finance -- History | Capitalism -- History | Social justice -- History | Finance -- History | Capitalism -- History | Social justice -- HistoryDDC classification: 332 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Argues that finance should be defined not merely as the manipulation of money or the management of risk but as the stewardship of society's assets, and that new ways to rechannel financial creativity to benefit society as a whole are needed.
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.09 SH FI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0048220 |
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332.088297 HA EC Economics with Islamic orientation / | 332.09 CA PO Popes & bankers : | 332.09 FE AS The ascent of money : | 332.09 SH FI Finance and the good society / | 332.09051 FI NA Finance markets, the new economy, and growth / | 332.09172 MI NE The next great globalization : | 332.091724 AN ES Essentials of money, banking and financial institutions : |
With new preface by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index.
Argues that finance should be defined not merely as the manipulation of money or the management of risk but as the stewardship of society's assets, and that new ways to rechannel financial creativity to benefit society as a whole are needed.
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