Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read The Financial Services Revolution: Policy Directions for the Future (Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions, 1) on EtoBox?

The Financial Services Revolution: Policy Directions for the Future (Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions, 1) by Catherine England, Thomas F. Huertas (auth.), Catherine England, Thomas Huertas (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Financial Services Revolution: Policy Directions for the Future (Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions, 1) about?

In Chapter 5, William Shughart also considers the part that politics played in banking legislation during the 1930s, but he looks at the banking legislation passed in the United States. Shughart draws par ticular attention to the provisions in the Banking Act of 1933 that required the separation of commercial and investment banking activ ities. Applying a public choice analysis, Shughart asks who gained from the provisions, and he concludes that the commercial banking industry, the investment banking industry, and the U. S. Treasury Department can all be said to have benefited in the years immedi ately following the passage of the act. Richard Timberlake, in his comment, extends Shughart's analysis to show how the federal gov ernment manipulated the monetary policy of the 1930s for its own benefit. The history of the regulation of the savings and loan industry is the subject of Chapter 6. James Barth and Martin Regalia examine the way in which regulation of the industry has evolved since the first savings and loan was established in the 1830s. They conclude that the stated purpose of regulation appears to have changed, even while the regulations themselves often have not. Barth and

Who reads The Financial Services Revolution: Policy Directions for the Future (Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions, 1)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Catherine England, Thomas F. Huertas (auth.), Catherine England, Thomas Huertas (eds.)
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published
1987
Language
EN
ISBN
9780898382518
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Economics, Finance, Business

Other editions & translations

More by Catherine England, Thomas F. Huertas (auth.), Catherine England, Thomas Huertas (eds.)

Browse all works by Catherine England, Thomas F. Huertas (auth.), Catherine England, Thomas Huertas (eds.)

Similar books