Banking on the State - The Financial Foundations of Lebanon

Hicham Safieddine is Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East at King's College London.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Illusions of Financial Independence

2. The Long Monetary Mandate

3. Central Bank Reform: Ideas and Institutions

4. Barons of Banking: The Untouchables

5. Banque du Liban: A Façade of Economic Sovereignty:

6. Suits and Shadows: The Intra Affair

7. Financial Regime Change: The Last Refuge of Laissez-faire

8. Conclusion: Sovereign Debt, Sovereign Banks

About the author

Hicham Safieddine is Lecturer in the History of the Modern Middle East at King's College London.

Product details

• Authors: Hicham Safieddine
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781503605497
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0549-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eas; Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures; Stanford Studies in Middle Eas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte