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The Forum: Does Finance Have to be Invisible?

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In Place of Capital, 2009, production still Photo © Zachary Formwalt

18/05/2013 GMT

Does Finance Have to be Invisible?

BBC World Service - The Forum, Does Finance Have to be Invisible?

What would it take to fix the underlying flaws in our banking system?

What would it take to fix, rather than just patch up, the underlying flaws in our banking system? Perhaps it is time for some unorthodox approaches, viewing the problem through the lens of an artist, or re-thinking basic questions, for instance, what money actually is. Joining Bridget Kendall are artist and film-maker Zachary Formwalt, bond trader and economic historian Felix Martin, and Stanford University’s professor of Finance and Economics, Anat Admati.  

(Photo: In Place of Capital, 2009, production still © Zachary Formwalt)

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