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Positive finance: a toolkit for responsible transformation created by Herve Guez and Philippe Zaouati

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Sheffield Greenleaf Publishing 2016Description: 116 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783535163 (hardback)
  • 9781783534555 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG101
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali -- chapter 2 Positive Finance for a positive economy / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali -- chapter 3 Savings as a means of transforming the corporation / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali -- chapter 4 Harnessing savings to transform the economy / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali -- chapter 5 Conclusion / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali.
Summary: For some, finance is the enemy: solely responsible for the global financial crisis and symbolic of an outdated model that is catapulting us toward social and ecological ruin. Such a view can seem tempting. The 2007-2008 meltdown of the financial system was intimately bound to the financialization of the economy and its consequences. However, in reality the crisis in finance is an indicator that our economic model is obsolete. It is possible to imagine another way, which would consist of seeing finance as a "toolkit" for building a solution to the crisis. Positive Finance presents a way to transform the economic model and reduce the ever-widening gulf of inequality, while taking into account environmental constraints. In order to achieve this, the authors argue that we must re-envision the allocation of capital in order to support social and technological innovations, to design and build sustainable infrastructure, and to finance the energy transition. Reinvented, finance could become a powerful lever for setting these transformations in motion. This book is dedicated to proving that such leverage is within reach: here, the authors present a toolkit for putting money to work in the general interest
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Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HG101 GUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 149664 Available BK136892
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Chapter 1 Introduction / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali --
chapter 2 Positive Finance for a positive economy / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali --
chapter 3 Savings as a means of transforming the corporation / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali --
chapter 4 Harnessing savings to transform the economy / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali --
chapter 5 Conclusion / Herve Guez Philippe Zaouati Jacques Attali.

For some, finance is the enemy: solely responsible for the global financial crisis and symbolic of an outdated model that is catapulting us toward social and ecological ruin. Such a view can seem tempting. The 2007-2008 meltdown of the financial system was intimately bound to the financialization of the economy and its consequences. However, in reality the crisis in finance is an indicator that our economic model is obsolete. It is possible to imagine another way, which would consist of seeing finance as a "toolkit" for building a solution to the crisis. Positive Finance presents a way to transform the economic model and reduce the ever-widening gulf of inequality, while taking into account environmental constraints. In order to achieve this, the authors argue that we must re-envision the allocation of capital in order to support social and technological innovations, to design and build sustainable infrastructure, and to finance the energy transition. Reinvented, finance could become a powerful lever for setting these transformations in motion. This book is dedicated to proving that such leverage is within reach: here, the authors present a toolkit for putting money to work in the general interest

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