A Comparative History of Bank Failures: From Medici to Barings

ISBN-13: 9780367730512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

Sten Jonsson

Opis

Starting with Medici and Fugger and ending with Barings and Royal Bank of Scotland under neo-liberal de-regulation, the author gives an account of how six banks failed over a 500 year-period. The author offers an explanation of the leading ideas about the world and good society at the time.

Spis treści

Preface Chapter 1. Introduction - the problem with the role of banks Chapter 2. Community as centre of authority Chapter 3. Transition from regulation by State to regulation by Market Chapter 4. Market as ideology – toward the financial crisis of 2008 Chapter 5. Concluding Remarks

O autorze

Sten Jönsson is professor emeritus in Business Administration (esp. Scandinavian Management) at Gothenburg University (appointed 1976), Sweden. His research has been focused on field studies of managers in action in various industries. Over the last few years he has led a research program on bank management.