Finanza, fiducia, regole. Dimensione antropologica e strumenti di regolamentazione nel sistema finanziario globale

Good anthropology makes good economic theory: this is particularly evident in the case of finance. Too often relegated in the domain of technique, finance occurs because of human actions and in view of human expectations and motivations. Finance, in facts, exists because of time and uncertainty – two basic dimension of elemental human experience. Overcoming the all too frequent dualisms real/financial and state/market, focussing on the ‘thickness’ of relationship add realism to understanding financial crises and possibly preventing them. An application is provided to what we should have learnt about financial regulations from the 2007-08 financial crisis.