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Book Synopsis1. Exploring Sustainable Monetary Systems.- 2. Reality, the Economy, and Economics.- 3. Capitalism, Markets and Organizations.- 4. What Is Money?.- 5. Exploring Monetary Systems.- 6. Endogenous Money, Liquidity Preference and Interest Rates.- 7. The Macroeconomy and the Monetary Circuit.- 8. A Simple Ecological Monetary Macroeconomic Model.- 9. Trade, Capital Flows and the Balance of Payments.- 10. Global Imbalances and the International Financial Architecture.- 11. Exchange Rates and International Finance.- 12. Understanding Financial Markets.- 13. The Finance-Climate Nexus.- 14. Finance Through a Social Science Lens.- 15. Corporate Governance: Shareholders, Employees, and Stakeholders.- 16. Responsibility, Ownership, and the Role of Shareholders.- 17. Financialization, the Private Equity Industry and LBOs.- 18. Crowdsourcing: Citizen Participation in Finance.- 19. The Promise of Crowdlending in Financing Agenda 2030.- 20. Social Investment Bonds.- 21. The Mutual Bank Model and Sustainability.- 22. Asset Management and Sustainability: Industries and Regulatory Issues.- 23. Asset Management and Sustainability. Critical Perspectives and Reform Issues.- 24. Rules and Regulation: A Critique of Neoclassical Theory.- 25. Ethics, Risks, and Sustainability: A Theological Perspective.