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How Much Do Banks Owe Us?

Professor David Kinley, academic tenant at Doughty Street Chambers and the University of Sydney's Chair in Human Rights Law, recently gave a TEDx talk on the role banks can play in regaining the trust of the public by working to protect and respect human rights through their actions.

 

David writes:  "We’ve lost our trust in banks. No longer boringly prudent and safe, banks and bankers are increasingly seen as greedy, mollycoddled and self-serving. I want to show how banks can regain our trust and their own legitimacy. A fair as well as a prosperous financial system benefits not just the standing of banks; more importantly it boosts the wealth of our economies, the health of our societies and the well-being of each one of us. But if we are to reinvest our faith in banks, they must earn it by delivering on their promise. That much they owe us."

 

David specialises in the area of the global economy and human rights and has worked for more than 25 years all over the world with governments, international organisations, law firms, corporations and NGOs in the field. He is the author of a dozen books including Civilising Globalisation and, most recently, Necessary Evil: how to fix finance by saving human rights.

 

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