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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…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, seventh lecture, 13th December 2012
Lord Adair Turner: socially useful and socially useless financial activities
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, sixth lecture, 6th December 2012
National Order, International Disorder: Tax Havens, Mafias, Shadow Banking
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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…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, panel discussion, 25th 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…
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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…
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, third lecture, 18th October 2012
Third lecture, October 18 : “Regulation and self-regulation. Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’”
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, second lecture, 11th October 2012
The second lecture, on October 11 : “Is rational behaviour necessarily ethical ?”
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VUB, “Stewardship of Finance” Chair, inaugural lecture, 4th October 2012
Some pictures of the audience, of some well-known fixtures of the blog, as well as the introductory speeches of the chair.
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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.
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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…
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PERSBERICHT : VUB-leerstoel bevordert ethische financiële dienstverlening
Brussel, woensdag 12 september 2012
VUB-leerstoel bevordert ethische financiële dienstverlening
Stewardship…
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“Why Stewardship of Finance?”, Inaugural lecture, 4
th October 2012 
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“STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” CHAIR, VUB, BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 4, 3:00 P.M.
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READING LIST FOR THE “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” COURSE AT VUB, STARTING OCTOBER 4th
1. Historians of finance
Martin Meyer:
The Bankers, New York: Weybright & Talley, 1974
Markets, New York: Norton, 1988Peter L. Bernstein:
Capital Ideas, New York: Free Press, 1992
Against the Gods. The Remarkable Story of Risk, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1996Steve Fraser:
Every Man a Speculator. A History…
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THE NEW “STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE” CHAIR AT THE VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
The new “Stewardship of Finance” chair at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
