Screen LibrarySocial banking and social finance：answers to the economic crisis
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Springer briefs in business |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7774-8 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 133 p.): |
| ISBN: |
9781441977748 (electronic bk.) 1441977740 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | F831 |
| CLC: | F831.2 |
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Includes bibliographical references. The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2007 2010: A View from the Standpoint of Social Banking and Social Finance -- Origins and Causes of the Crisis: The Sandglass Principle of the Mainstream Banking and Finance System Between 1989 and 2007 -- Social Banking and Social Finance: New Approaches to Money and Finance -- What Is a Social Bank Definitions and Practices -- What Is Money and What Is Capital According to Social Banking The Concept of Liberation Finance -- What Is the Philosophy of a Social Bank -- Where Do Social Banks Come From A Very Short History -- The State of Social Banking and Social Finance Today: A Brief Comparison Between the United States and Europe -- Seven Answers to the Financial Crisis -- The More Important Challenge: Getting a Balanced and Integrative Viewpoint on Money and Finance -- Ideas for a New Financial Humanism: The Interweaving of Three Core Solutions to the Financial and Economic Crisis in Order to Build a Better Future -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Epilogue: Toward a Financepeace The Integrative Mindset of Social Banking and Social Finance and Its Critics. For over 2,000 years, banks have served to facilitate the exchange of money and to provide a variety of economic and financial services. During the most recent financial collapse and subsequent recession, beginning in 2008, banks have been vilified as perpetrators of the crisis, the public distrust compounded by massive public bailouts. Nevertheless, another form of banking has also emerged, with a focus on promoting economic sustainability, investing in community, providing opportunity for the disadvantaged, and supporting social, environmental, and ethical agendas. "Social Banking and S. |