The bankers' panic of 1907 -- The Emergency Currency Act -- Financial heterodoxy gains ground -- Central banking and agricultural credit -- From armistice to depression -- The 1930s banking crisis -- The Emergency Banking act -- The Banking Act of 1933 -- Government programs and…
"Relying on a broad array of records used together for the first time, Panic in the Loop reveals widespread fraud and insider abuse by bankers--and the complicity of corrupt politicians--that caused the Chicago banking debacle of 1932. It provides a fresh interpretation of the r…
In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite-that th…
Introduction: opportunities and obstacles -- The vortex of speculation: picturing women investors -- Engendering finance: women and Wall Street -- Lambs to be fleeced and petticoated sharks: women and financial fraud -- Turning Wall Street inside out: Victoria Woodhull and the f…
"From 1716 to 1845, the Scottish financial system functioned with no official central bank or lender of last resort, no public (or private) monopoly on currency issuance, no legal reserve requirements, and no formal limits on bank size. In support of previous research on Scottis…
This book brings together for the first time more than half a dozen proposals, including several which have never been studied before, to show how thinkers on empire drew on monetary thought and banking theory to address the financial, political and constitutional challenges of …
An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.
An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.
"This collection of essays by the eminent financial and monetary historians Forrest Capie and Geoffrey Wood examines and offers explanations of the parts played by money and the banking system in the British economy over the last two centuries. Structured in three chronological …
The recent banking crisis has brought into question the business model used by most large banks. This collection of essays explores the success of 'alternative banks' - savings banks, cooperative banks and development banks, using case studies from around the world and discussio…
The first complete history of Merrill Lynch - traces ML's impact on the world of finance from the day Charlie Merrill opened his one-man shop on January 6, 1914, to the final shareholder meeting prior to its acquisition by Bank of America on December 5, 2008. Win Smith also weav…
