Unsettled account : the evolution of banking in the industrialized world since 1800 /

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 compa...

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Main Author:	Grossman, Richard S.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2010]
Series:	Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subjects:	Banks and banking > History. Banks and banking > Government policy. Bank failures. Financial crises. Banks and banking. Government policy. History. Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book