Forthcoming issue:
no 36, Reading the crisis

Just published:

Requiem for a Defunct System
n° 34-35, II/III 2009

From 2002 onwards, international regulation and its deficiencies have been a consistent topic of interest for the ‘solidarity social and economics focus’, as it is supported by the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress (FPH). A first approach was conducted by 2005 under the impulse of the Asia Pacific Centre (Tokyo), led by Mr Yoko Kitazawa. Since 2006, the reflection has entered a second stage, as three organisations (Asia Pacific Centre, Observatoire de la Finance et Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico), still with FPH support, have decided to call for a joint conference under the headline ‘Beyond Bretton Woods: Transnational Economy in Search of New Institutions’, in retrospect, a somewhat visionary
theme. In effect, the initiators have agreed at the outset on the existence of a growing gap between the actual functioning of the world economy increasingly ‘transnational’ in outlook and regulation and the oversight structures still largely ‘inter-national’. These worries were being confirmed, as the UNAM conference took place on 15-17 October 2008 on the background of the idea of systemic risk becoming a reality and shattering the world economy.

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Previous issues:

n° special issue in Spanish/Portuguese Etica en las Finanzas - Premio Robin Cosgrove [Contents]

n° 33 Ethics in Finance: Surviving the Crisis [Contents]

n° 31-32 Crise ou cata...lyse? [Contents]

n° 30 Can Management Survive without Values? [Contents]

 

The bilingual (French and English) review Finance & the Common Good/Bien Common was first published in 1998.

The review is mainly aimed at financial operators who are concerned by the ethical aspects of their activities and want to know how best to use their skills to contribute to the common good (see the Opening Editorial Statement).

In 2010, the review “Finance & the Common Good” joins and enhances the catalogue of De Boeck University editions (Brussels). In an era of great concern for the financial sector, the review will profit from the best visibility and the best distribution.

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