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Besides the limits inherent in financialization itself, the process may also run into external obstacles. Three of these deserve brief mention here: (i) the widespread sense that life has lost all meaning; (ii) the erosion of ethical principles and (iii) the sense of ethical alienation and helplessness. These obstacles may well be inherent in human nature.
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Dembinski, P.H. (2009). Limits Inherent in Human Nature. In: Finance: Servant or Deceiver?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230595057_13
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