Fragile by Design

Fragile by Design

The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit

by Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H. Haber

570 pages· 2014· ISBN 9780691155241
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Looks at the history of the banking systems of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, arguing that banking crises and scarce credit result from the ways that politics and banking intersect in a given country.

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