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European banks and the rise of international finance, the post-Bretton Woods era, Carlo Edoardo Altamura

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

index present

non fiction

European banks and the rise of international finance

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Carlo Edoardo Altamura

Routledge explorations in economic history

the post-Bretton Woods era

European Banks and the Rise of International Finance examines the historical origins of the financialised world we live in by analysing the transformations in world finance which occurred in the decade from the first oil crisis of 1973, until the debt crisis of 1982. This a crucial and formative decade for understanding the modern financial landscape, but it is still mostly unexplored in economic and financial history. The availability of new archival evidence has allowed for the re-examination of issues such as the progressive privatisation of international financial flows to Less Developed Countries, especially in Latin America and South-East Asia, and its impact on the expansion of the European banking sector, and for the development of an invaluable financial and political history. This book is well suited for those interested in monetary economics and economic history, as well as those studying international political economy, banking history and Financial history. --, Provided by publisher

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction "post fata resurgo" : at the origins of modern finance -- Halcyon days -- Half measures -- The impact of oil -- Full measures -- Wuthering heights -- References