Banking

This volume brings together a series of studies by Professor Blomquist on the evolution of banking in Lucca from the 12th and 13th centuries. They ...

This book explores the role of governments and financial institutions in managing the markets in the developing world. These 'Great Predators' are...

Money Talks argues that, contrary to conventional explanations, the changes in the terms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality agreem...

Why are people continually surprised to discover that money is "just" meaning? Mutual Life, Limited spends time among those who, in acknowledging t...

The Federal Reserve System, which has been Congress’s agent for the control of money since 1913, has a mixed reputation. Its errors have been huge....

Many years on after the 2007–8 financial crisis, most developed nations still find themselves in a state of weak recovery, high debt pile-up and di...

The passage of the National Currency Act of 1863 gave the United States its first uniform paper money, its first nationally chartered and supervise...

As the Chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Board during most of the 1970s, Burns presided over what many see as the demise of the postwar econ...

International Macroeconomics for Business and Political Leaders explains the fundamentals of international macroeconomics in a very efficient and a...

The financial crisis has exposed severe shortcomings in mainstream monetary economics and modern finance. It is surprising that these shortcomings ...

In the collective psyche, a financier is a capitalist. In managerial capitalism, the notion of the ‘manager’ emerged, and the role of the manager w...

Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and the accompanying national bank crises in the European Union brought bank regulation and supervision to the top o...

Shadow banking – a system of credit creation outside traditional banks – lies at the very heart of the global economy. It accounts for over half of...

The implementation of new technologies is expected to boost the development of Islamic Finance by increasing accessibility to banking and other fin...

Regional development banks (RDB) have become increasingly important in the world economy, but have also been relatively under-researched to date. T...

This book explores the future of the financial services industry, giving readers an idea of the kinds of institutions and services that will surviv...

This book explores the future of the financial services industry, giving readers an idea of the kinds of institutions and services that will surviv...

The Industrial Revolution 4.0 will not only cause job losses, but will also create new workspaces that may not exist today. It also needs to be con...

The Theory of Monetary Institutions covers free banking monetary thought and a theoretical account of the evolution of monetary institutions.

Banks are a vital part of the global economy, and the essence of banking is asset-liability management (ALM). This book is a comprehensive treatmen...

Banking establishments, declared Thomas Jefferson back in 1799, are more dangerous than standing armies. Such armies are no longer cause for seriou...