Regulation, Relationships, and Records: Perspectives on the Politics of International Banking and Finance
Posted: 22 Nov 2016
Date Written: August 9, 2013
Abstract
A Saturday Evening Post editorial of December 28, 1928, glowingly described American bankers as the “stewards of our whole intricate credit system.” Within a year the feelings of that esteemed journal's editors had changed considerably. Their emotional rollercoaster follows tracks similar to those in any country, where views toward bankers and financiers are consistent in that they are entirely inconsistent. Bankers are sometimes appreciated during economic growth, often reviled during economic downturns, and sometimes ignored altogether, but usually assumed to be in the midst of politics. At least this last feeling is more consistent over economic cycles, and it is the topic of this special issue of Business Horizons: The Politics of International Banking and Finance.
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