Fragile by design : the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit / Charles W. Calomiris...
Fragile by design : the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit / Charles W. Calomiris...
Fragile by design : the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit / Charles W. Calomiris and Stephen H. Haber.
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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G 2015/1204
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English
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xi, 570 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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If stable and efficient banks are such a good idea, why are they so rare? -- The game of bank bargains -- Tools of conquest and survival : why states need banks -- Privileges with burdens : war, empire, and the monopoly structure of English banking -- Banks and democracy : Britain in the nineteenth...
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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New Jersey
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[2014]
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"Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the politi...
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Fragile by design : the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit / Charles W. Calomiris and Stephen H. Haber.
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The Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-548) and index.
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G 2015/1204
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74VKO4L2Azlg
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9781400849925
9780691155241 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691155240 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
1400849926 (ebook)
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332.109
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991022621999702626
