Unregulated Banking: Chaos or Order? (Studies in Banking & International Finance)

Description

Using historical examples, this book attempts to demonstrate that unregulated banking can be successful and that central banks' beneficial contribution has been greatly exaggerated. Topics covered include a description of the experiment with free banking during the French Revolution.

Keywords

Banks and banking.

1991Book

Author(s)Geoffrey Edward Wood, Forrest Capie

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN9780333520499

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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