The terms system and industry are frequently used interchangeably--and with obfuscatory results. Members of Congress are especially prone to do so, and would profit from a perusal of the volume at hand. So will most bankers. The author, Jeremy Taylor, a bank officer, is typical of the younger breed of banking writers in combining hands-on practical experience with the ability to handle high-powered abstractions successfully. . . . This book is the latest in a useful series of publications by Quorum Books, generally dissident in both perspective and tone, yet thoroughly persuasive in...
The terms system and industry are frequently used interchangeably--and with obfuscatory results. Members of Congress are especially prone to do so,...
In this volume, Jeremy Taylor focuses on the recent changes in the U.S. banking system, analyzing the underlying reasons for these changes and proposing solutions to problems currently faced by the industry. Arguing that the banking industry is the medium through which pressures are transmitted from one part of the economy to another, Taylor shows that public lack of confidence in banking--brought on by crises such as the bailout of the savings and loan industry--can translate into a serious lack of confidence in the economy as a whole. He fully examines the current banking crisis against...
In this volume, Jeremy Taylor focuses on the recent changes in the U.S. banking system, analyzing the underlying reasons for these changes and prop...
Financial leadership must not be confused with financial wealth, warns Jeremy Taylor, who sets up guideposts from history to point the way out of our current financial crisis. By developing the concept of financial stewardship, he shows why private gain must be countered with public responsibility.
Financial leadership must not be confused with financial wealth, warns Jeremy Taylor, who sets up guideposts from history to point the way out of our ...
Without the internal application of standards of prudence in bank management, regulatory restraints will always be inadequate. A complete theory of prudence is developed in these pages, covering decision mechanisms and banking culture, using numerous specific examples of actual bank imprudence. The theory is applied across bank functions of credit, investments, funding, and management, creating practical principles accessible to bank managers, regulators, and all those dealing with banking issues in the public domain.
The shortcomings of the regulatory approach to bank supervision are...
Without the internal application of standards of prudence in bank management, regulatory restraints will always be inadequate. A complete theory of...
