The Group of Seven Industrialized Countries, G7 developed a new doctrine of international supervision and regulation of financial markets. The G7 instructed international financial institutions such as the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank and the Multi…
"The Group of Seven Industrialized Countries, G7, developed a new doctrine of international supervision and regulation of financial markets. The G7 instructed international financial institutions such as the IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, the World Bank and the Mul…
This book gives a detailed account of the primacy of the City of London, both as a domestic actor and as a global financial centre. It focuses on whether the hegemonic position of the City of London can be threatened by the globalization process and how this relates to its role …
The City of London has long been able to control British economic policy-making, and has taken the lead as a domestic actor as well as making its mark on global financial markets. This book analyzes the causes and consequences of this hegemony, and the implications that this has…
Based on fieldwork among Islamic bankers globally, this book questions the equivalence between money and ethnography and asks whether money can ever be adequate to the value backing it.
Based on fieldwork among Islamic bankers globally, this book questions the equivalence between money and ethnography and asks whether money can ever be adequate to the value backing it.
Although the current day-to-day operations of Central Banks are subject to continuous comment and frequent criticism, their structural role within the economic system as a whole is generally accepted without much question and despite several attempts to challenge the value of th…
"Since his death in 1985, Philip Larkin, generally regarded as England's finest post-war poet, has become the subject of fierce debate. The publication of his Collected Poems, his letters and his official biography has led to a radical reassessment of one of our most popular and…
Financial Regulation presents an important restatement of the purposes and objectives of financial regulation. The authors provide details and data on the scale, nature and costs of regulatory problems around the world, and look at what sort of countries and sectors require spec…
The authors provide details and data on the scale, nature and costs of regulatory problems around the world, and look at what sort of countries and sectors require special attention and policies.
