Social Banking and Social Finance: Answers to the Economic Crisis

by Roland Benedikter

For over 2,000 years, banks have served to facilitate the exchange of money and to provide a variety of economic and financial services. During the most recent financial collapse and subsequent recession, beginning in 2008, banks have been vilified as perpetrators of the crisis, the public distrust compounded by massive public bailouts. Nevertheless, another form of banking has also emerged, with a focus on promoting economic sustainability, investing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441977732
• ISBN13: 9781441977731
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"