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  • State and Financial Systems in Europe and the USA

    Historical Perspectives on Regulation and Supervision in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    by Jaime Reis ...
    During the twentieth century the financial sector became possibly the most regulated area of the economy in many advanced and developing countries. The interwar years represented the defining moment for the escalation of governments' intervention, turning the State into the core of financial systems in its capacity of regulator, supervisor or owner. The essays in this collection shed light on ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • Currency Convertibility

    The Gold Standard and Beyond

    Edited by Barry Eichengreen, Jaime Reis, Jorge Braga de Macedo ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    The spread of currency convertibility is one of the most dramatic trends of the late twentieth century. It reflects the desire of policymakers to integrate their economies into the global trading system and to attract financial capital and direct investment from abroad. In this book a team of leading international economists and economic historians look at parallel situations in the history of the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Emergence of Modern Central Banking from 1918 to the Present

    by Carl-L. Holtfrerich, Jaime Reis ...
    Series series Studies in Banking and Financial History
    The twentieth century has seen the rise of modern central banking. At its close, it is also witnessing the first steps in the decline of the role of some of the most famous of these institutions. In this volume, some of the world’s best known specialists examine the process whereby central banks emerged and asserted themselves within the economic and political spheres of their respective countries ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

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  • Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking

    Edited by Rodney Edvinsson, Tor Jacobson, Daniel Waldenström ...
    Series series Studies in Macroeconomic History
    Written in celebration of its 350th anniversary in 2018, this book details the history of the central bank of Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, as presented by Klas Fregert. It relates the bank's history to the development of other major central banks around the world. Chapters are written by some of the more prominent scholars in the field of monetary economics and economic history. These chapters ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • Fragile by Design

    The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

    by Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen Haber ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    Why stable banking systems are so rareWhy 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 political and banking ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • International Banking and Financial Systems

    Evolution and Stability

    by Luigi De Rosa ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2003. In this volume of essays - based on papers delivered to 2001 conference, International Banking and Financial Systems - leading European bankers and banking historians give their assessment of the evolution of central banking in 20th-century Europe. As well as providing a historical perspective, the volume also explores how the lessons of the 20th century may ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • How Global Currencies Work

    Past, Present, and Future

    by Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl, Livia Chitu ...
    A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power’s currency—the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday the Chinese yuan—invariably dominates international trade and finance. In How Global Currencies Work, three ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • In Defense of Public Debt

    by Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, Kris James Mitchener ...
    A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their dramatic rise has prompted apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of heavy debts—about the drag they will place on economic growth and the burden they ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • The Euro Crisis and Its Aftermath

    by Jean Pisani-Ferry ...
    The euro's life, while only slightly more than a decade long, has been riddled by a series of challenges and crises. The eruption of the Greek crisis in 2010 took European policymakers by surprise and forced them to design responses to a quickly deteriorating situation. Even though Europe has final begun to stabilize, the disparity between the prosperous Northern countries, especially Germany, and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Mad money

    with an introduction by Benjamin J. Cohen

    by Susan Strange ...
    The follow-up to Casino capitalism, this is another classic text, and the last book written by Susan Strange. It builds on the previous work, discussing the weak points of a financial system driven by volatile markets rather than by governments. ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Financial Crises, 1929 to the Present, Second Edition

    by Sara Hsu ...
    This fascinating volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of the events, causes and outcomes of the major financial crises from 1929 to the present day. Beginning with an overview of the global financial system, Sara Hsu presents both theoretical and empirical evidence to explain the roots of financial crises and financial instability in general. She then provides a thorough breakdown of a number ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Banking and Financial History

    Edited by Youssef Cassis, Catherine R. Schenk, Richard S. Grossman ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The financial crisis of 2008 aroused widespread interest in banking and financial history among policy makers, academics, journalists, and even bankers, in addition to the wider public. References in the press to the term 'Great Depression' spiked after the failure of Lehman Brothers in November 2008, with similar surges in references to 'economic history' at various times during the financial ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD