{"product_id":"a-concise-history-of-international-finance-from-babylon-to-bernanke-paperback-9781107621213","title":"A Concise History of International Finance; From Babylon to Bernanke (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107621213","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Concise History of International Finance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Babylon to Bernanke\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive survey of international financial history across three thousand years that reveals how previous crises were successfully overcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLarry Neal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107621213, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e376 pages, 48 b\/w illus.  5 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'As economists and policy makers are drawn to history for a deeper understanding of the wonders and dangers of financial innovation, Neal's outstanding scholarship provides the much-needed introduction to financial development from the Assyrian times to the present. It will remain the standard reference for years to come.' Gianni Toniolo, co-author of The World Economy Between the Wars\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEver since the financial crisis of 2008, doubts have been raised about the future of capitalism. In this broad-ranging survey of financial capitalism from antiquity to the present, Larry Neal reveals the ways in which the financial innovations throughout history have increased trade and prosperity as well as improving standards of living. These innovations have, however, all too often led to financial crises as a result of the failure of effective coordination among banks, capital markets and governments. The book examines this key interrelationship between financial innovation, government regulation and financial crises across three thousand years, showing through past successes and failures the key factors that underpin any successful recovery and sustain economic growth. The result is both an essential introduction to financial capitalism and also a series of workable solutions that will help both to preserve the gains we have already achieved and to mitigate the dangers of future crises.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Distant beginnings: the first 3,000 years\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Italians invent modern finance\u003cbr\u003e 4. The rise of international financial capitalism: the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 'big bang' of financial capitalism: financing and refinancing the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, 1688–1720\u003cbr\u003e 6. The rise and spread of financial capitalism, 1720–89\u003cbr\u003e 7. Financial innovations during the 'birth of the modern', 1789–1830: a tale of three revolutions\u003cbr\u003e 8. British recovery and attempts to imitate in the US, France and Germany, 1825–50\u003cbr\u003e 9. Financial globalization takes off: the spread of sterling and the rise of the gold standard, 1848–79\u003cbr\u003e 10. The first global financial market and the classical gold standard, 1880–1914\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Thirty Years War and the disruption of international finance, 1914–44\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Bretton Woods era and the re-emergence of global finance, 1945–73\u003cbr\u003e 13. From turmoil to the 'Great Moderation', 1973–2007\u003cbr\u003e 14. The sub-prime crisis and the aftermath, 2007–14\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000212508952,"sku":"9781107621213","price":23.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107621213i.jpg?v=1696770152","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-concise-history-of-international-finance-from-babylon-to-bernanke-paperback-9781107621213","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}