Necessary evil : how to fix finance by saving human rights / David Kinley

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780190691127 | 0190691131. | 9780190691134. DDC classification:
  • 330.122
LOC classification:
  • HB501
Online resources: Summary: Cover; Half title; Necessary Evil; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Taming the Money Monster; The Argument; The Journey; The Finance/â#x80;#x8B;Human Rights Relationship; Stages in the Relationship; 1. Strange Bedfellows; Hubris; Finance as a Utility; Financial Ownership; Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction; Transformative Powers; Interdependency; The Poverty Prism; The Public Problem of Private Poverty; Incentives and Exceptionalism; Anthropology on Wall Street; The Mission; 2. Living Together; Ends and Means; Money as an Instrument; A Common Liberal HeritageSummary: Of Ghosts and Icebergsâ#x80;#x94;â#x80;#x8B;The Consequences of Lost TaxTax as a Force for Good; Aid and Debt; Development and Human Rights: More Awkward than Intimate; Partnering with the Private Sector; Getting the Mix Right; Does â#x80;#x9C;Newâ#x80;#x9D; Aid Work?; actrade-9780190691127-chapter-6-div1-76toc; 6. Cheating; Consequences; Deceit and Subversion; Illicit Finance; Tax Evasion; Tax Free; Tax Sport; Misappropriation; Questions of Impunity; Regulatory Capture; Legal Smoke Screens; Denial in Finance; Denial in Human Rights; Wishful Thinking; Measuring Progress; Repair; 7. Counseling and ReconciliationSummary: What Money Can BuyThe Generation and Investment of Wealth; Income; Remittances and Credit; Rent-â#x80;#x8B;seeking; Capital; Capital and Tyranny; Capital Gains; Responsible Capital; The Business of Impact; Equity and Inequality; Rewarding Capital; Consequences of Unequal Wealth; Wealth and Giving; The Givers; The Receivers; Mixed Motivations; How Much is Enough?; The Private/â#x80;#x8B;Public Connection; 5. Public Affairs; Duty; The Voice of Human Rights; Public Funding of Human Rights; Taxation, Representation, and Rights; The Consequences of Levying Taxâ#x80;#x94;â#x80;#x8B;A Brief HistorySummary: Over the course of modern history, finance, the fuel of capitalism, has had both positive and negative impacts on humanity. Necessary Evil is a penetrating investigation of how our economic system affects human rights progress, this will be an essential read for anyone interested in how to make the global capitalist system more responsible and progressivePPN: PPN: 1014148987Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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