Politics and banking: ideas, public policy, and the creation of financial institutions

"In Politics and Banking Susan Hoffmann explores the influence of public philosophies - in particular, classic liberalism, utilitarianism, progressivism, and populism - on the development of U.S. banking institutions. Focusing on banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions, Hoffmann...

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1. Verfasser: Hoffmann, Susann (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore [u.a.] Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2001
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Zusammenfassung:"In Politics and Banking Susan Hoffmann explores the influence of public philosophies - in particular, classic liberalism, utilitarianism, progressivism, and populism - on the development of U.S. banking institutions. Focusing on banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions, Hoffmann demonstrates that though policy makers' political and economic interests surely played a role in the development of these institutions and the policies relating to them, we cannot overlook the importance of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XII, 304 S.
ISBN:0801867029