Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) by Charles W. Calomiris

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.

• | Author: Charles W. Calomiris
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: February 23, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 584 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0691155240
• | ISBN-13: 9780691155241