We empirically re-examine the finance-economic growth nexus within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic using a financial intermediation model build upon the McKinnonShaw financial repression theory. The study findings show that there is a vicious circle of finance and economic growth which is...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economy and reality -- 3. Economic systems and enterprises -- 4. Corporate governance: shareholders, employees, stakeholders -- 5. Sustainability, ownership and the role of shareholders -- 6. Understanding money -- 7. Understanding the monetary system -- 8. Balance sheets...