Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION The Needle (and the Damage Done) -- The Needle -- The Damage Done -- What Went Wrong -- PART I ANATOMY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC FINANCIAL CRISIS -- Chapter 1...

Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes the first truly...

Main description: Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes...