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245 10 a| Finance :b| servant or deceiver? : financialization at the crossroads /c| Paul H. Dembinski ; translated from the French by Kevin Cook.;

250 a| English ed.;

300 a| x, 185 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| First published in French as: Finance servante ou finance trompeuse.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index.;

505 0 a| The financial iceberg -- The historical development of finance -- The euphoric years -- Money : from servant to master -- ICT euphoria -- The break-up of money -- Players and institutions -- Markets as trust-building mechanisms -- Mega-players -- Custodians of the market temple -- Public deficits and how they are financed -- The financial world view -- The efficiency ethos -- Risk and return : a neat paradigm -- Risk - fear of risk - a risk-free future -- From interest to greed : unbridled passion -- A new pattern -- Financial relationships and financial transactions -- Financing relationships -- From financing relationships to financial transactions -- Financial transactions -- The spread of transactions -- The institutional process -- Financial markets as sounding boards -- Finance as intermediary -- Relationships and transactions : statistical orders of magnitude -- Finance and the rest of the economy -- Very large corporations : the vehicles of financialization -- Very large corporations (VLCs) -- A global marketing economy -- Enterprises' value : new forms of capital -- Shareholder value : the mantra of the new foremen -- ROE rules -- Procedures as a vehicle for efficiency -- Financialization of the economic fabric -- VLCs' subcontractors -- SMEs : private equity on the prowl -- Tying customers to enterprises -- Planned obsolescence -- 'Personalized' customer relations -- Dissolving products into services -- The alienation of the anaesthetized consumer -- Other aspects of financialization -- The age of anticipation : banks and their customers -- Humanity in the grip of financialization -- Finance : a metaphysical response -- Implications of the new pattern -- Finance : what kind of society do we want? -- Limits inherent in the process itself -- The spectre of sterility -- Complexity -- Concentration of economic power -- Limits inherent in human nature -- Transactions : beyond conflicts of interest -- Ethical alienation -- A sense of helplessness -- What is to be done? -- Challenge financial ethics -- Encourage long-term relationships -- Change the system of remuneration -- Revisit financial process.;

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Finance : servant or deceiver? : financialization at the crossroads / Paul H. Dembinski ; translated from the French by Kevin Cook.

Author/creator	Dembinski, Pawel H., 1955-
Other author	Dembinski, Pawel H., 1955-
Format	Book
Edition	English ed.
Publication Info	[Geneva] : Observatoire de la Finance ; Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description	x, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Finance--History.

Contents	The financial iceberg -- The historical development of finance -- The euphoric years -- Money : from servant to master -- ICT euphoria -- The break-up of money -- Players and institutions -- Markets as trust-building mechanisms -- Mega-players -- Custodians of the market temple -- Public deficits and how they are financed -- The financial world view -- The efficiency ethos -- Risk and return : a neat paradigm -- Risk - fear of risk - a risk-free future -- From interest to greed : unbridled passion -- A new pattern -- Financial relationships and financial transactions -- Financing relationships -- From financing relationships to financial transactions -- Financial transactions -- The spread of transactions -- The institutional process -- Financial markets as sounding boards -- Finance as intermediary -- Relationships and transactions : statistical orders of magnitude -- Finance and the rest of the economy -- Very large corporations : the vehicles of financialization -- Very large corporations (VLCs) -- A global marketing economy -- Enterprises' value : new forms of capital -- Shareholder value : the mantra of the new foremen -- ROE rules -- Procedures as a vehicle for efficiency -- Financialization of the economic fabric -- VLCs' subcontractors -- SMEs : private equity on the prowl -- Tying customers to enterprises -- Planned obsolescence -- 'Personalized' customer relations -- Dissolving products into services -- The alienation of the anaesthetized consumer -- Other aspects of financialization -- The age of anticipation : banks and their customers -- Humanity in the grip of financialization -- Finance : a metaphysical response -- Implications of the new pattern -- Finance : what kind of society do we want? -- Limits inherent in the process itself -- The spectre of sterility -- Complexity -- Concentration of economic power -- Limits inherent in human nature -- Transactions : beyond conflicts of interest -- Ethical alienation -- A sense of helplessness -- What is to be done? -- Challenge financial ethics -- Encourage long-term relationships -- Change the system of remuneration -- Revisit financial process.
General note	First published in French as: Finance servante ou finance trompeuse.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index.
LCCN	2008050838
ISBN	9780230220379
ISBN	0230220371

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