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Finance and the Good Society by Robert J. Shiller — WisdomDeck honest review

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Finance and the Good Society

by Robert J. Shiller

After 2008, Shiller defends finance as a tool for good, role by role, and proposes democratizing it. Humane and thoughtful.

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Finance is stewardship of goals.
Democratize it.
Design for people.

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Finance for good.

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