Title: Banking on privilege
Subtitle: the politics of Spanish financial reform
First published: 1997
Description: Table of Contents
 Tables  
 Preface  
 Introduction: Invisible Hand and Political Legacy 1 
1 The Spanish Economy and Financial Reform 7 
2 The Inflationary Origins of the Spanish Financial System 45 
3 Cheap Credit and the Politics of Interventionism 65 
4 Shift within the State 87 
5 Financial Reform and the Political Transition 116 
6 Socialist Victory and Regulatory Accommodation 136 
7 From Meso to Macro: The Rise and Fall of the Peseta 167 
 Conclusion: The Politics of Financial Liberalization 190 
 Index 203
Subjects: Financial institutions, Deregulation, Finance, Banks and banking, europe, Spain, economic policy
Places: Spain
LC classification: HG186.S6 P45 1997