Dieser Text ist die schriftliche Grundlage für die von Ingo Pies am 14. April 2016 in Berlin gehaltene Laudatio zur Verleihung des Max-Weber-Preises für Wirtschaftsethik in der Kategorie Bachelor-Studienpreis an Janaina Drummond Nauck. Ihre Arbeit trägt den Titel: "Das Gewinnparadox in der...

Introduction -- Dramatis personae -- The Potemkin market -- The Sisyphus savings system -- La Grande illusion -- A kind of magic -- The economy's helminths -- Collateral damage -- On value and values -- A financial renaissance? -- Epilogue: twilight of the gods of finance

Introduction -- Your business is an out-of-control cash-eating monster -- The core principles of profit first -- Setting up profit first for your business -- Assessing the health of your business -- Allocation percentages -- Putting profit first into motion -- Destroy your debt -- Find money...

We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...