-crisis period. Fourth, the net effect from the: pre-crisis period is lower on money supply and banking system efficiency; post …

Introduction -- 1 What is money? -- A History of Money and Banking -- 2 Money from the very beginning -- 3 Banks enter … the scene -- 4 The dawn of modern banking -- 5 The creation of a paper currency -- 6 Modern banking comes of age -- 7 The …This book explores the nature of money and banking throughout their history, and applies this to the study of financial …