In this topical book, Boudewijn de Bruin examines the ethical 'blind spots' that lay at the heart of the global financial crisis. He argues that the most important moral problem in finance is not the 'greed is good' culture, but rather the epistemic shortcomings of bankers, clients, rating...

Why are there so many crises in the world? Is it true that the global system is today riskier and more dangerous than in past decades? Do we have any tools at our disposal to bring these problems under control, to reduce the global system's proneness to instability? These are the tantalizing...

Die Ursachen der beiden gröt︢en ökonomischen Katastrophen in den letzten 100 Jahren - die Weltwirtschaftskrise in den 1930er-Jahren und die Finanzkrise seit 2008 - gleichen einander wie ein Ei dem anderen. Beide entstanden infolge eines krassen Kreditbooms, dubioser Bankpraktiken sowie eines...