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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
CHAIR “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” : EMMANUEL TODD on December 5th, MICHEL PRADA on December 19th, at the VUB

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is honored to invite you to attend the last two invited talks of this year. Wednesday 5th of December – Emmanuel Todd: Les élites européennes: incompétence historique et anthropologique? This talk will be held in French Emmanuel Todd is a French historian, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of…

November 26, 2012
VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, panel discussion, 25^th October 2012

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). Unfortunately due to the…

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 4th 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
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
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 Paul De Knop believes…

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

Brussel, woensdag 12 september 2012 VUB-leerstoel bevordert ethische financiële dienstverlening Stewardship of Finance, dat is de naam van een nieuwe leerstoel die de Vrije Universiteit Brussel en zes grote verzekeringsmaatschappijen hebben opgericht. De leerstoel moet ethische financiële dienstverlening bevorderen.VUB-rector Paul De Knop vindt het uitermate belangrijk dat de financiële sector vanuit een ethisch perspectief onder de loep…

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
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 of Wall…

September 7, 2012
THE GOLDMAN SACHS AFFAIR: CORRUPTED JUSTICE, OR AN UNTOUCHABLE FINANCIAL SECTOR?

Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell. The first hypothesis which comes to mind with regard to the American Justice Department’s decision on Friday not to prosecute the bank Goldman Sachs for its alleged role in the Subprime crisis, is of course of corruption at the very heart of the Department. The facts are well-established…

August 14, 2012
THE FOUR YEARS NEEDED TO CREATE A SCANDAL

Translated from the French by Tim Gupwell Over recent years you may have seen me carrying out extremely complex complications such as this: “it needed four years – between 1929 and 1933 – before any genuine measures were taken at the time of the Great Depression!” And it was this kind of calculation which led…

July 16, 2012
THE NEW “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” CHAIR AT THE VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL

The new “Stewardship of Finance” chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

July 13, 2012

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