Crises and Opportunities - The Shaping of Modern Finance

Zusatztext If the financial crisis has a silver lining, it is that it has heightened appreciation of the importance of financial history. In this book Youssef Cassis, our preeminent historian of banking and finance, illustrates why this is the case. Newcomers will find an accessible introduction to the history of financial crises, while specialists will find much that is new and novel. Recommended to both. Informationen zum Autor Youssef Cassis is Professor of Economic History at the University of Geneva and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on the subject include City Bankers, 1890-1914 (1994), Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997), and Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005 (2006). Klappentext This book examines the differences and commonalities of eight global financial crises since the late nineteenth century (including the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Financial Debacle of the early twenty-first century) to give insights into how the financial landscape has - or has not - been reshaped after a systemic shock Zusammenfassung This book examines the differences and commonalities of eight global financial crises since the late nineteenth century (including the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Financial Debacle of the early twenty-first century) to give insights into how the financial landscape has - or has not - been reshaped after a systemic shock Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction 1: Pre-War Crises 2: Post-War Crises 3: Banks 4: Governance 5: Regulation 6: International Cooperation 7: Balance of Power Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Youssef Cassis, Youssef (Professor of Economic History Cassis, Cassis Youssef
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780199672431
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967243-1
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Finance and the finance industry