Author: Alfred Herbert GibsonPublisher: London ; Toronto : I. Pitman
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
British Finance During and After the War, 1914-21
Author: Alfred Herbert GibsonPublisher: London ; Toronto : I. Pitman
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Empire of Credit
Author: Daniel Carey (Professor)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716534150
Category : Comparative economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work describes the massive expansion in public debt brought about during the 'Financial Revolution' in 18th-century Britain, Ireland, and America. It discusses how debt was financed and new credit instruments introduced for the first time in this period.
British Finance During and After the War, 1914-21, Being the Result of Investigations and Materials Collected by a Committee of Section F of the Briti
Author: Adam Willis KirkaldyPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781376892574
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
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BRITISH FINANCE DURING & AFTER
Author: Adam Willis 1867-1931 KirkaldyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781360734262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
British Finance During and After the War, 1914-21
Author: Alfred Herbert GibsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Governing Financialization
Author: Jack CopleyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192897012
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Capitalism has become 'financialized'. Since the 1970s, the swelling of financial markets and asset price bubbles has occurred alongside weaker underlying economic growth. Yet financialization was not a spontaneous market development - it was deeply political. States fuelled this process through policies of financial liberalization, and the British state lies at the heart of the story. Britain's radical financial liberalizations in the 1970s and 1980s were instrumental in creating a financialized global economic order in which the City of London emerged as a central hub. But why did the British state propel financialization? The conventional wisdom points to the lobbying power of financial elites and the strength of neoliberal ideology. However, Governing Financialization offers an alternative explanation through an in-depth exploration of declassified state archives. By examining key financial liberalizations in the 1970s and 1980s - including the notorious 'Big Bang' - this book argues that these policies were not part of an intentional scheme to create a new finance-led economic model. Instead, they were designed to address immediate governing dilemmas related to the grinding 'stagflation' crisis and its aftershocks. In this era, British governments found themselves trapped between global competitive pressures to enforce painful domestic adjustment and national political pressures to maintain existing living standards. Financial liberalization was pursued in a trial-and-error manner to navigate this dilemma. By unleashing financial markets, the state hoped to either postpone the worst effects of the crisis, or enact tough economic restructuring in an arm's-length fashion. Financialization was an accidental outcome, not an intentional result.
British Financial Crises Since 1825
Author: Nicholas H. DimsdalePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199688664
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A history of British financial crises since the Napoleonic wars, providing an account of the main crises from 1825 until the credit crunch of 2007-8.
British Finance During and After the War, 1914-21
Author: A. H. GibsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330709153
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Excerpt from British Finance During and After the War, 1914-21: Being the Result of Investigations and Materials Collected by a Committee of Section F of the British Association This volume sums up work that was commenced in the year 1915 by a Committee organized by the Section of Economics and Statistical Science of the British Association. Throughout the war period this Committee, under the Chairmanship of Professor W. R. Scott, F.B.A., of Glasgow, and with Mr. J. E. Allen as Secretary, accumulated a considerable mass of information as to the financial arrangements of the Government, and the course of events connected with Currency and the Exchanges. In order that the information thus collected might be available as soon as possible, four volumes of reports were issued, the first appearing in the year 1916 and the last in 1920. When the last volume was issued, the officials of the Section considered what would be the best course to take, as obviously a good deal of what had been published was fragmentary, and estimated figures, or figures which had been amended, needed to be brought up to date. The work that had to be done was not only great in itself, but required an immense amount of patience, and, above all, experience and knowledge of currency and banking conditions, in order that there might be proper control. Fortunately one of the members, Mr. A. H. Gibson, a well-known authority who had made some valuable suggestions to the Government during the war, very kindly offered to co-ordinate and make the necessary corrections. He had collected further information which would enable him to bring the whole of the work up to date. It was decided to accept this exceedingly generous offer, and Professor Scott as Chairman, with the Editor, were asked to see to the passing of the proofs through the Press. The Section owes Mr. Gibson a deep debt of gratitude. He has put into clear and chronological form a very great amount of information, some of which might have been lost, most of which would have been very difficult to obtain. It is all in this volume readily available and easy to understand in its full significance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Ascent of Money
Author: Niall FergusonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440654026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post "Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.
On the Napoleonic Wars
Author: David G. ChandlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"The diverse array of subjects covered include the British campaign in Egypt in 1801; the battle of Maida; Napoleon's decisive victories at Marengo and Austerlitz; the Peninsular War; the Russian Army at war in 1807 and 1812; and the retreat from Moscow. The collection spans the entire career of Dr. Chandler and demonstrates the depth of his research." -- Publisher.