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Fragile by Design - The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (Paperback) Loot Price: R593
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Fragile by Design - The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (Paperback): Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H....

Fragile by Design - The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (Paperback)

Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H. Haber

Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World

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Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, Fragile by Design demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents. Calomiris and Haber combine political history and economics to examine how coalitions of politicians, bankers, and other interest groups form, why they endure, and how they generate policies that determine who gets to be a banker, who has access to credit, and who pays for bank bailouts and rescues. Fragile by Design is a revealing exploration of the ways that politics inevitably intrudes into bank regulation.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Release date: August 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Charles W. Calomiris • Stephen H. Haber
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-16835-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > General
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Banking
Books > Money & Finance > Banking
LSN: 0-691-16835-0
Barcode: 9780691168357

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