Introduction; Part 1 Globalization and Financial Markets: A Dialectic Dynamic; Chapter 1 Towards a New Model of Long-Term Finance, Michel Aglietta; Chapter 2 IFRS and the Need for Non-Financial Information, Tristan Boyer, Elena Chane-Alune; Chapter 3 The Lessons of Luxembourg’s Financial Centre: Towards a Certification of Ethics for Financial Centres to Replace Current Assessments, Jérôme Turquey; Chapter 4 Is Economic Efficiency a Meaningful Device with which to Assess Insolvency Laws?, Nadine Levratto; Chapter 5 Financialization of European Economies, Miia Parnaudeau; Part 2 Globalization and Banking Institutions: Evolution of their Role and Institutional Aspects; Chapter 6 European Banking: A Review of Trends and Policies for Reassessment of Bank Reform and Development in Brazil and Latin America, Kurt Mettenheim; Chapter 7 Monetary and Fiscal Policy Conflicts in Central Europe: How Credibly are Macro Policies Characterized in the Phase of Preparation for EMU?, Caroline Vincensini; Chapter 8 Economic and Ethical Aspects of Discrimination in the Consumer Credit Market, Ingrid Größl; Chapter 9 Beyond Ethics: Alternative Banking in Switzerland, Elisabeth Paulet, Francesc Relano; conclusion Conclusion;