Regulating banks : the politics of instability / Andrew Whitworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitworth, Andrew, author.

Series:

Finance Matters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banking law.

Banks and banking--Accounting.

Banks and banking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

Far from creating stability, argues Andrew Whitworth, the regulatory impulse of policy-makers since the financial crisis has inevitably led to greater instability in the banking sector and fails to avoid future boom and bust cycles.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: what is a bank?

2. The financial-regulatory cycle

3. Other ways of banking: the UK experience, 1945-70

4. Competition and Credit Control and the secondary banking crisis

5. The Banking Act 1979 and Johnson Matthey Bankers

6. Returning to the question: how the financial-regulatory cycle creates financial instability

7. The City revolution, 1987 Banking Act and two international bank failures

8. New Labour reforms and the 2008 financial crisis

9. The post-crisis response

10. Conclusion: banking regimes

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Whitworth, Andrew Regulating Banks

ISBN:

9781788214063

OCLC:

1341444153