This book is both a reference book on Germany's financial system and a contribution to the economic debate about its status at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In giving a comprehensive account of the many facets of the system, it covers corporate governance, relationship lending,...

Thou living ray of intellectual fire -- An idea in the rough -- Some kind of an education -- Living up to the model -- Tortuous economic intuition -- The money wars -- Global reach -- Stagflation -- Changing fields -- What do traders do? -- Exploring general equlibrium.