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== Why is there Finance? ==
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There are several arguments why modern society has developed complex financial systems:
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* helps (in principle) with the better [[Risk Management | management]] of various forms of [[Risk]]
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* [[Financial Markets]] help to providing price signals
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* help curbing agency problems
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* reduce informational asymmetries
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* support economic growth
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* facilitate entrepreneurship
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== Issues and Challenges ==
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* Inequality
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* Sustainability
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* Poor regulation
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* Recurring financial crises
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* [[Financial Literacy]]
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:42, 25 September 2021

Why is there Finance?

There are several arguments why modern society has developed complex financial systems:

  • helps (in principle) with the better management of various forms of Risk
  • Financial Markets help to providing price signals
  • help curbing agency problems
  • reduce informational asymmetries
  • support economic growth
  • facilitate entrepreneurship

Issues and Challenges