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The Re-Emergence of Global Finance
G. Burn
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Description for The Re-Emergence of Global Finance
Paperback. Gary Burn examines how in 1950s London, City bankers invented a new form of money and escaped offshore, beyond the jurisdiction of monetary authority. This is the story of the Eurodollar and the re-emergence of global capital. It tells how the City discarded sterling and reclaimed its historic role as the world's foremost financial centre. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Gary Burn examines how in 1950s London, City bankers invented a new form of money and escaped offshore, beyond the jurisdiction of monetary authority. This is the story of the Eurodollar and the re-emergence of global capital. It tells how the City discarded sterling and reclaimed its historic role as the world's foremost financial centre.
Gary Burn examines how in 1950s London, City bankers invented a new form of money and escaped offshore, beyond the jurisdiction of monetary authority. This is the story of the Eurodollar and the re-emergence of global capital. It tells how the City discarded sterling and reclaimed its historic role as the world's foremost financial centre.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
231
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349280322
SKU
V9781349280322
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Ref
99-15
About G. Burn
GARY BURN is a Visiting Research Fellow at the GPE Centre, University of Sussex, UK. He has recently published work on the German economy and the evolution of offshore finance. He won the Robert Cox Award in 2000 for his article The State the City and the Euromarkets.
Reviews for The Re-Emergence of Global Finance
'...this is a valuable book that is well-researched and highly readable...It makes an important contribution to our understanding of the development of the international financial system...' - Ranald Michie, Bankhistorisches Archiv