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Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered

Learn how banks can use capital as a tool to promote social and environmental wellbeing.

Just Money: Banking as if Society Mattered

Learn how banks can use capital as a tool to promote social and environmental wellbeing.

Do you know what your bank does with your money? What is the role of a bank in producing societal well-being?

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This course looks into banks that operate differently, namely, “just banks" that use capital and finance as a tool to address social and ecological challenges.

This course is for anyone who wants to understand the unique role banks play as intermediaries in our economy and how they can leverage that position to produce positive social, environmental, and economic change.

The instructors of this course have worked for over 15 years with just banks from around the world, as well as in the fields of community development, economic democracy, and social change.

No previous knowledge of finance or banking is needed to take this course.

What you'll learn

  • The core principles of just banking
  • How finance can be used as a tool for social and environmental change
  • The impact of different forms of banking on societal well-being
  • Ongoing challenges for just banks
  • The future of just banking and financial technologies

Meet your instructors

  • Featured image for J. Phillip Thompson
    Urban planner and political scientist
  • Featured image for Lily Steponaitis
    Post-Graduate Fellow
  • Featured image for Katrin Kaeufer
    Lecturer

Who can take this course?

Because of U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) restrictions and other U.S. federal regulations, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea and the Crimea, Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic regions of Ukraine.