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Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800
Richard S. Grossman
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Description for Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800
Hardback. Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. This book takes a comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the years in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 44 line illus. 18 tables. BIC Classification: KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes the first truly comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the past two centuries in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Grossman focuses on four major elements that have contributed to banking evolution: crises, bailouts, mergers, and regulations. He explores where banking crises come from and why certain banking systems ... Read more
Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes the first truly comparative look at the development of commercial banking systems over the past two centuries in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Grossman focuses on four major elements that have contributed to banking evolution: crises, bailouts, mergers, and regulations. He explores where banking crises come from and why certain banking systems ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691139050
SKU
V9780691139050
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About Richard S. Grossman
Richard S. Grossman is professor of economics at Wesleyan University and a visiting scholar at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.
Reviews for Unsettled Account: The Evolution of Banking in the Industrialized World since 1800
"Grossman's is a good read. The book tells you as to how we got to be where we are. There are lessons to be learnt for those who want to go about reshaping reforms in global banking."
BusinessWorld "Grossman weaves an enormous amount of research into an impressive history of the banking industry in many developed countries over the last 200 ... Read more
BusinessWorld "Grossman weaves an enormous amount of research into an impressive history of the banking industry in many developed countries over the last 200 ... Read more