Financiers and the Nation

List of contents

1. The Steam Power Speculators 2. Foreign Loan Panics 3. The Great Railroad Ramp 4. Truck Tricks 5. The Vultures 6. Usury on the Great War 7. Post-war ‘Prosperity’ 8. How Farrow’s Bank Fell 9. Plundering the Municipalities 10. Lessons from Lee Bevan 11. The Methods of Mr Bottomley 12. White and Loewenstein: Leaders of Men 13. The Kreuger Swindles 14. The Dissipation of British Thrift 15. Remedial Measures: A National Investment Board 16. Remedial Measures: A State-Owned Bank of Great Britain 17. Remedial Measures: The Post Office Bank 18. Remedial Measures: Municipal Banking 19. Remedial Measures: Co-operative Banking 20. The Joint Stock Banks and the Magnates of the City 21. High Finance and the Crisis of 1931

Summary

The Financiers and the Nation (1934) examines a dozen or so of the major financial frauds permitted by Bank of England and City merchants in 19th and 20th centuries and ends with a few proposed remedies, among them being the nationalization of the Bank of England and the establishment of a capital investment board.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Johnston
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032978925
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3297892-5
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; History, Sociology, Business & Economics / General, Economic history, Labour / income economics, Politics & government, Economic theory & philosophy, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Transport industries, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, British Isles, Management of specific areas, Economics of industrial organisation, Agribusiness and primary industries, Economic theory and philosophy, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector, Employment & Unemployment, Economics of industrial organization, Primary industries