1st Edition
A Comparative History of Bank Failures From Medici to Barings
By Sten Jonsson
Copyright 2019
210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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 a number of 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, and summarizes this narrative using Streeck & Schmitter’s three bases for regulation of... Read more
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
Biography
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.
