Finance and the Good Society

Name: Finance and the Good Society
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ISBN: 9780691158099

ISBN-10: 0691158096

ISBN-13: 9780691158099

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Robert Shiller

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The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.New York Timesbest-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance--he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this important and timely book, Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good. He makes a powerful case for recognizing that finance, far from being a parasite on society, is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems and…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface


Introduction: Finance, Stewardship, and Our Goals



Roles and Responsibilities



Chief Executive Officers



Investment Managers



Bankers



Investment Bankers



Mortgage Lenders and Securitizers



Traders and Market Makers



Insurers



Market Designers and Financial Engineers



Derivatives Providers



Lawyers and Financial Advisers



Lobbyists



Regulators



Accountants and Auditors



Educators



Public Goods Financiers



Policy Makers in Charge of Stabilizing the Economy



Trustees and Nonprofit Managers



Philanthropists



Finance and Its Discontents



Finance, Mathematics, and Beauty



Categorizing People: Financiers versus Artists and Other Idealists



An Impulse for Risk Taking



An Impulse for Conventionality and Familiarity



Debt and Leverage



Some Unfortunate Incentives to Sleaziness Inherent in Finance



The Significance of Financial Speculation



Speculative Bubbles and Their Costs to Society



Inequality and Injustice



Problems with Philanthropy



The Dispersal of Ownership of Capital



The Great Illusion, Then and Now


Epilogue: Finance, Power, and Human Values


Notes


References


Index