The power of collective purse strings : the effects of bank hegemony on corporations and the state / Davita Silfen Glasberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasberg, Davita Silfen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Commercial loans.

Corporations--Finance.

Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The Importance of Financial Institutions in the Political Economy

2. W. T. Grant: The Social Construction of Bankruptcy

3. Chrysler Corporation: Bailing Out the Banks

4. Leasco Corporation Versus Chemical Bank: The Political Crisis

5. The Default of Cleveland: Constructing Municipal Reality

6. Mexico's Foreign Debt Crisis: Bank Hegemony, Crisis, and the State

7. The Social Construction of Economic and Political Reality

Appendix 1. Using Government and Legal Documents

Appendix 2. Sample Outline of Court Documents for W. T. Grant Company

Appendix 3. Sample Interview Questionnaire for W. T. Grant Company

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520329461

0520329465

OCLC:

1149422839