Contents: Part I From the 1920s to the early postwar period 1. Introduction -- 2. Banks and the quantity theory: Wicksell and Fisher -- 3. Money and banking in the process of change: Schumpeter and Robertson -- 4. Banks, debt and deflation in the Great Depression -- 5. Keynes on banks in a...

Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....