New Policy Brief: The paradox of finance-driven globalization - UNCTAD

New Policy Brief: The paradox of finance-driven globalization
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The globalization process has been shaped by the growing financialization of economic activity. Worldwide, the extensive deregulation of the financial sector has led to a significant increase in cross-border capital-flows, sharply higher levels of ...

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Is Modern Finance Ruining Modern Art? (Part 2): Mark Taylor - Bloomberg


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Is Modern Finance Ruining Modern Art? (Part 2): Mark Taylor
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This preoccupation with “celebrity” collectors, however, obscures a more interesting and important development: The titans of finance capitalism are also transforming the art market through the financialization of art. They manage their art collections ...
Is modern finance ruining modern art? Taipei Times

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Former Wall Street Trader: 'There's No Other Industry Where You Could Get Paid ... - ThinkProgress


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Former Wall Street Trader: 'There's No Other Industry Where You Could Get Paid ...
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By Pat Garofalo on Feb 6, 2012 at 6:00 pm One of the problematic developments for the US economy in the last several decades has been increased financialization. In the 1950s, the financial sector made up less than 3 percent of the economy.

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EU economists call for ban on share buybacks - Financial News


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EU economists call for ban on share buybacks
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The report said: “This mode of financialized business behaviour often comes at the expense of investment in innovation and can even result in throwing large numbers of skilled and experienced people out of work. “ It added: “Stock buybacks and other ...

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