ABSTRACT
In the course of this book, we have ranged far and wide in the discussion of the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath, as we sought to examine the economic aspects, the political challenges and the philosophical questions which that crisis has thrown up for the world of the early twenty-first century. What has emerged as troubling evidence is a sense of dismay and loss, which has pushed the philosophical reflection on the future of finance, beyond the mere events of the past years, searching for sensemaking in its scattered foundations. The purpose of this concluding chapter is not to summarise this wide array of critical reflections, because their depth surpasses any attempt for editorial synthesis, but to try to elaborate some thoughts in the light of these on where finance and financialisation are (or ought to be) heading.
