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It is commonly observed that economic factors are pivotal in driving globalisation forward. A globalised economy is far more advanced than a globalised politics. However, if we are to fully understand what is happening, that assumption needs to be refined. This book argues that economic factors are themselves driven: they are the working out of underlying phenomena. Of these, the most pervasive and influential is money. This is not only money in the sense of the finance sector; it is also money in and of itself, the symbolic properties which money possesses. Crucially, this book takes both disciplines seriously, as equal conversation partners, and does not seek to use one approach to define the other as automatically inadequate.
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 A 'bottom up' approach; 1.2 Functional Differentiation incl. The 'Positioning' of Business within Society; 1.3 Business values - a chimera?; 1.4 Summary and Conclusions; 2. ETHICAL CLAIMS OF THE MARKET; 2.1 The underlying nature of the market; 2.2 The value-free market?; 2.3 Advantages of the free market.; 2.4 Limits to these claims; 2.5 The free market and profits; 2.6 Summary and Conclusion; 3. ETHICAL INSUFFICIENCY OF THE MODEL; 3.1 The Disjunction between Fact and Value; 3.1.1 Values: Ends and Means; 3.2 The Motive of Self-Interest; 3.3 Summary and Conclusion; 4. GLOBALISATION AND THE MARKET; 5. THE FINANCIAL SECTOR: AN INITIAL OVERVIEW; 5.1 The 'Specialness' of the Financial Sector; 5.2 The 'positioning' of the finance sector.; 5.3 The purpose of the financial sector. 5.4 Summary and conclusions; 6. A PHILOSOPHY OF MONEY; 6.1 Some problems with existing approaches; 6.2 Philosophy of Money (examining specific features of money); 6.3 Some initial remarks on ethical issues and Simmel; 6.4 Summary and Conclusions; 7. THE GENOA TENDENCIES IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY; 8. DERIVATIVES AND RISK; 8.1 A contribution to the common good; 8.2 Destabilising features of derivatives markets; 8.3 The 'moral hazard' of volatility and risk; 8.4 Cross-border capital flows; 8.5 Ethical Considerations; 8.6 Summary and Conclusions; 9. AN ETHICS OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR.
