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<li><span color="#000000" style="color: #333333;">How banks operate</span></li>
<li><span color="#000000" style="color: #333333;">The role of banks in our economies</span></li>
<li><span color="#000000" style="color: #333333;">Issues with the mainstream banking system</span></li>
<li><span color="#000000" style="color: #333333;">Introduction to just banking</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brian </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Argrett</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (City First Bank of DC)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Martin Rohner (Alternative Bank Switzerland)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; color: #333333;">Simon Johnson (MIT Sloan School of Management)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Otto </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Scharmer</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (MIT Sloan School of Management</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">)</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Reflective </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">journaling</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lending Dilemma</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Reflective Journaling</strong>: You should budget around <strong>30 minutes</strong> to do the reflective journaling exercise</span></li>
<li><strong>Extra Material</strong>: Please leave adequate time for any <strong>extra reading</strong> you may want to do</li>
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