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Manufacturing perfect Debtors: a comment on the Debt Industries
The growing issue of personal debt the so-called debt crisis is more and more being represented as an issue of individual financial capability and responsibility. Problems of personal debt are constructed as something that can be remedied through improved access … Continue reading
Too Much Finance?
Over the last three decades the US financial sector has grown six times faster than nominal GDP. This paper argues that there comes a point when the financial sector has a negative effect on growth – that is, when credit … Continue reading
A call for new disruptive finance policy ideas to promote a sustainable economy
The Finance Lab and its participants from mainstream finance, academia, environmental NGOs and social entrepreneurs, have a shared vision of an economy and finance system which serves the needs of people and planet, rather than the other way round. First, … Continue reading
Scientists of the Subprime
Could an understanding of biology have prevented the credit crunch? The complex world of banking evolved – and profited – thanks to the work of analytically gifted maths and science graduates. But when the crash came, something new was needed. … Continue reading
Posted in Complex system, Complexity, Complexity & research, Complexity theory, Emergence
Tagged biology, complexity, financial, networks, systems
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Greece’s Choice — and Ours: Democracy or Finance?
Which do you trust more: democracy or financial markets? Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou decided in favor of democracy yesterday when he announced a national referendum on the draconian budget cuts Europe and the IMF are demanding from Greece in … Continue reading
On nous ment!: Vérités et légendes sur la crise
Vous avez du mal à comprendre pourquoi la crise a explosé en 2008 ? Vous trouvez bien difficile de savoir si elle est vraiment terminée ? Normal : du début jusqu’à la fin, au lieu de nous expliquer le fond … Continue reading
The Other Occupation: How Wall Street Occupies Washington
The 99 Percent Movement has been set off thanks to long-standing economic inequities and and a recession caused primarily by Wall Street’s misdeeds. But Wall Street did not engage in reckless financial behavior — which plunged 64 million people worldwide … Continue reading
All Change – Will There Be a Revolution in Economic Thinking in the Next Few Years
On 15 September 2008, Lehman Brothers – then the fourth-largest investment bank on Wall Street – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A year later, the world economy was in the depths of its worst recession since the 1930s. This … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Crises, Critical theory, Critical thinking, Economy, Financial, Globalization, Hegemony, Theory, Thinking
Tagged crisis, financial, theory, thinking
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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing–and recovering–their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, “this time is different“–claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply … Continue reading
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