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He describes how finance has historically contributed to the good of society. The first section depicts the role of each major sector in finance and how, in his eyes, these roles should strive for the good society. New york times bestselling economist robert shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance. The key, he says, in his new book, finance and the good society, is to democratize financegiving the rest of us access to the tools and techniques that rich folks have used for decades to raise capital and protect themselves from risk. With his latest volume, finance and the good society, shiller is coming at us from the opposite direction.