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Banking on the state : the financial foundations of Lebanon /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Safieddine, Hicham (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Maṣrif Lubnān > History.
Maṣrif Lubnān.
Banks and banking, Central > Lebanon > History.
Finance > Lebanon > History.
Monetary policy > Lebanon > History.
Banks and banking, Central.
Colonial influence.
Finance.
Monetary policy.
Lebanon > Colonial influence.
Lebanon.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : illusions of financial independence
  • Colonial finance : the long monetary mandate
  • Central bank reform : ideas and institutions
  • Barons of banking : the untouchables
  • Banque du Liban : façade of economic sovereignty
  • Suits and shadows : the Intra affair
  • Financial regime change : laissez-faire's last refuge
  • Conclusion : sovereign debt, sovereign banks.