"Since 2008 the financial sector has been the subject of extensive criticism. Much of this criticism has focussed on the morality the actors involved in the crisis and its extended aftermath. This book analyses the key moral and political philosophical issues of the crisis and relates them to...

First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all...

1. Introduction : the nadir of 2008 and its aftermath / Patrick O'Sullivan -- 2. Asset management : some considerations on performance / Philippe Dupuy -- 3. Risk in the age of crises / Francois Desmoulins-Lebeault -- 4. Financialisation / Marcus Davison -- 5. Is Islamic finance a complement to...