Fragile By Design - The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

Looks at the history of the banking systems of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, arguing that banking crises and scarce credit result from the ways that politics and banking intersect in a given country.

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• Authors: Charles W. Calomiris, Charles W. Haber Calomiris, Calomiris Charles W., Stephen Haber, Stephen H. Haber, Haber Stephen
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2014
• EAN: 9780691155241
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15524-1
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World; The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, Banking, macroeconomics, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Political science and theory