The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization
Contributors: Richard Sylla (Editor); Richard Tilly (Editor); Gabriel Tortella (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780521037983
Subjects: Economic History; Finance; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Banks & Banking; Banks and banking--Government policy--History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics : Banks & Banking; Banks and banking; Capital markets; Finance, Public; Government policy; History
First sentence: The more one studies the historical origins and development of modern financial systems, the more it becomes apparent that at most of the critical points when financial systems changed, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, the role of the state was paramount importance.