1st Edition

Banking Modern America Studies in regulatory history

Edited By Jesse Stiller Copyright 2017
168 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The passage of the National Currency Act of 1863 gave the United States its first uniform paper money, its first nationally chartered and supervised commercial banks, and its first modern regulatory agency: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The law marked a milestone in the development of the U.S. financial system and the modern administrative state. Yet its importance has been... Read more

Banking Modern America: Essays in Regulatory History



Table of Contents









  1. General Introduction




  2. Jesse Stiller





  3. Origins of the National Bank Act and National Currency




  4. Peter Huntoon





  5. National Bank Notes and the Practical Limits of Nationalization




  6. Franklin Noll





  7. Charter No. 1: First Among National Banks




  8. Marianne Babal





  9. E.T. Wilson and the Banks: A Case Study in Government Regulation and Service






  10. Paula Petrik







  11. Stabilizing the National Banking System, 1864-1913: The Role of Bank Examination






  12. Eugene N. White







  13. Founding the Fourth Branch: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency




  14. Jesse Stiller





  15. National Bank Preemption and the Financial Crisis of 2008




  16. Raymond Natter





  17. The Measure of a Regulator: the Office of Thrift Supervision, 1989 – 2011




Paula Dejmek Woods

Biography

Jesse Stiller is the Special Advisor for Executive Communications and Historian at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, USA.