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Stewardship of Finance Update

Eight of the fifteen lectures have by now been given in the first year of the “Stewardship of Finance” chair at the VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). There have been also two (most lively) guest panels, and four guest talks by distinguished visitors: Luc Coene, Governor of the Belgian central bank, Tomas Sedlacek (economist-philosopher, author of…

December 26, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, seventh lecture, 13^th December 2012

Lord Adair Turner: socially useful and socially useless financial activities

December 17, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, sixth lecture, 6^th December 2012

National Order, International Disorder: Tax Havens, Mafias, Shadow Banking

December 10, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fifth lecture, 22^nd November 2012

The Financial World and its Regulators

The panel discussion which took place after my lecture. Participants were Mathias Dewatripont (BNB-ULB), Jean Bellemans (Vesalius), Thierry Philipponnat (Finance Watch) and Guy Roelandt (Belfius Ins). The moderator was Steven Rombaut, from vrt, the Flemish Belgian radio and television.

</p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2012-12-03T16:54:51+01:00"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/12/03/vub-stewardship-of-finance-chair-fifth-lecture-22nd-november-2012/">December 3, 2012</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-1018 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-stewardship-of-finance-2 tag-chair-stewardship-of-finance"> <h2 style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300;" class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/11/26/chair-stewardship-of-finance-emmanuel-todd-on-december-5th-michel-prada-on-december-19th-at-the-vub/" target="_self" ><b>CHAIR “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” : EMMANUEL TODD on December 5th, MICHEL PRADA on December 19th, at the VUB</b></a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt"><p>The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is honored to invite you to attend the last two invited talks of this year.</p> <p><strong>Wednesday 5th of December – Emmanuel Todd: </strong>Les élites européennes: incompétence historique et anthropologique?<strong> </strong>This talk will be held in <strong>French</strong><strong></strong></p> <p>Emmanuel Todd is a French historian, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of…</p> </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2012-11-26T13:09:17+01:00"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/11/26/chair-stewardship-of-finance-emmanuel-todd-on-december-5th-michel-prada-on-december-19th-at-the-vub/">November 26, 2012</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-1007 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-economy category-finance category-law category-stewardship-of-finance-2 tag-conflict-of-interest tag-constitution-for-the-economy tag-crony-capitalism tag-fraud tag-insider-dealing tag-moral-hazard"> <h2 style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300;" class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/10/29/vub-stewardship-of-finance-chair-panel-discussion-25th-october-2012/" target="_self" ><b>VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, panel discussion, 25<sup>th</sup> October 2012</b></a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt"><p>The panel discussion topic was the same as that of the lecture of the day by myself: “Law, Ethics and the business world”. The participants from left to right were: Geert Noels (Econopolis), Ivan Van de Cloot (Itinera), Marc Beaujean (P&V) and Benoît Frydman (ULB). The moderator was Steven Rombaut (vrt).</p> <p>Unfortunately due to the…</p> </p></div> <div style="font-style:italic;font-weight:400;" class="wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size"><time datetime="2012-10-29T19:48:36+01:00"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/10/29/vub-stewardship-of-finance-chair-panel-discussion-25th-october-2012/">October 29, 2012</a></time></div></div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> <div style="height:112px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> </li><li class="wp-block-post post-1005 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-economy category-finance category-law tag-conflict-of-interest tag-fraud tag-insider-dealing tag-moral-hazard"> <h2 style="font-style:normal;font-weight:300;" class="alignwide wp-block-post-title has-var-wp-custom-typography-font-size-huge-clamp-2-25-rem-4-vw-2-75-rem-font-size"><a href="https://www.pauljorion.com/blog_en/2012/10/29/vub-stewardship-of-finance-chair-fourth-lecture-25th-october-2012/" target="_self" ><b>VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, fourth lecture, 25<sup>th</sup> October 2012</b></a></h2> <div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:650px"><div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt"><p>Fourth lecture : “Law, Ethics and the business world”.</p> <p><iframe data-deferlazy="1" width="640" height="360" src="about:blank" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

October 29, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture : Why Stewardship of Finance?, October 4 2012

The inaugural lecture of the chair “Stewardship of Finance”, delivered by me at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, on the 4^th of October 2012.

Why Stewardship of Finance?

When in the Autumn of 2011 I was first approached by Michel Flamée on behalf of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel about the chair I’m privileged to speak from…

October 28, 2012
LES PÊCHEURS D’HOUAT (1983), 2012 reprint

My first book, Les pêcheurs d’Houat, adapted from my anthropology Ph.D. thesis, had been out of print for many many years. Éditions du croquant have been kind enough to offer a reprint. Monique Woodward has translated here my foreword for the 2012 edition.

I have lived on the Isle of Houat from February…

October 28, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, third lecture, 18^th October 2012

Third lecture, October 18 : “Regulation and self-regulation. Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’”

October 22, 2012
“Stewardship of Finance” chair, “Law, Ethics and the business world”, talk by Luc Coene, Governor of the Belgian National Bank, 24^th October 2012

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel invites you to participate in an Invited Talk and a Panel Discussion, both steered by Paul Jorion, on October 24th and October 25th, 2012. Law, Ethics and the Business World

– The Invited Talk and the Panel Discussion are part of the Academic Chair ‘Stewardship of Finance’ founded by Vrije Universiteit…

October 17, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, second lecture, 11^th October 2012

The second lecture, on October 11 : “Is rational behaviour necessarily ethical ?”

October 16, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture, 4^th October 2012

Some pictures of the audience, of some well-known fixtures of the blog, as well as the introductory speeches of the chair.

October 9, 2012
STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE, Inaugural lecture, Brussels, October 4, at 2:45 P.M.

Be so kind as to (freely!) register on the VUB’s website where you will also find the directions to the lecture hall, it is here.

The lectures during the academic year 2012-13 are being detailed here.

September 25, 2012
PRESS RELEASE : VUB chair promotes the stewardship of finance

Brussels, Wednesday, September 12, 2012

PRESS RELEASE

VUB chair promotes the stewardship of finance

‘Stewardship of Finance’ is the name of a new chair founded by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and sponsored by six major insurance companies. The chair is meant to promote the notion of a stewardship of finance. VUB Rector…

September 12, 2012
PERSBERICHT : VUB-leerstoel bevordert ethische financiële dienstverlening

Brussel, woensdag 12 september 2012

VUB-leerstoel bevordert ethische financiële dienstverlening

Stewardship…

September 12, 2012
“Why Stewardship of Finance?”, Inaugural lecture, 4th October 2012

September 8, 2012
“STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” CHAIR, VUB, BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 4, 3:00 P.M.

Many thanks to “Religieuses” for her poster!

September 8, 2012
LOTS OF FROTH, by François Leclerc

Guest post. Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell

A brand new development in the history of the ECB has occurred: leaks yesterday revealed the broad outlines of its new sovereign debt securities’ purchase programme. One cannot help thinking that it was necessary to prepare the ground in advance, with the ECB decisions…

September 7, 2012
READING LIST FOR THE “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” COURSE AT VUB, STARTING OCTOBER 4^th

1. Historians of finance

Martin Meyer:

The Bankers, New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974
Markets, New York: Norton, 1988

Peter L. Bernstein:

Capital Ideas, New York: Free Press, 1992
Against the Gods. The Remarkable Story of Risk, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Steve Fraser:

Every Man a Speculator. A History…

September 7, 2012