Banks and banking
By: by Sean Connolly.
Series: World economy explained
Publisher: Smart Apple Media
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mankato, MN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599205175
Subjects: Banks and banking -- Juvenile literature; Financial crises -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Explains the functions and history of world banking systems and their involvement with the 2007 credit crunch"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What has happened to the banks?; title: The background to banking; title: How banks work; title: Just your type?; title: Safe as houses; title: At the centre of things; title: When things go wrong; title: The credit crunch; title: The human dimension; title: Safeguards and rescue plans; title: Looking ahead.