ISBN:
9780804785099
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9780804785556 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
304 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780804785556
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
For decades, the banking industry seemed to be a Swiss watch, quietly ticking along. But the recent financial crisis hints at the true nature of this sector. As Simone Polillo reveals in Conservatives Versus Wildcats, conflict is a driving force.Conservative bankers strive to control money by allying themselves with political elites to restrict access to credit. Barriers to credit create social resistance, so rival bankers-wildcats-attempt to subvert the status quo by using money as a tool for breaking existing boundaries. For instance, wildcats may increase the circulatio...
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Description based upon print version of record
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