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The financial system has turned away from the ‘means to an end’ relationships as are depicted in Figure 7.5. Under the ends-means reversal, it has become the caricature of our times. Sustainability of the social system can only be achieved by the discouragement of caricatures and simultaneous encouragement of cohesive forces. At this critical moment in time, where the earlier discussed limits to further growth must be faced, the adjustment of the financial system to meet social ends and subsequent (intermediate) economic ends, is of paramount importance.
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van Egmond, K. (2014). Sustainable Finance. In: Sustainable Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137382702_9
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