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1022968
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b777338
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Dowd, Kevin.
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| Title & Author
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Laissez-faire banking /\ Kevin Dowd.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1993.
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| Series Statement
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Foundations of the market economy series
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1 online resource (vi, 380 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203029097
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0203029097
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0415085845
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0415137322
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index.
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| Contents
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Automatic stabilizing mechanisms under free banking -- Option clauses and the stability of laissez-faire monetary system -- Monetary freedom and monetary stability -- Is banking a natural monopoly? -- Models of banking instability -- Free banking in Australia -- US banking in the free banking period -- Money and banking: the American experience -- Did central banks evolve naturally? -- The evolution of central banking in England, 1821-90 -- The evolution of central banking in England: a reply to my critics -- Stopping inflation -- Does Europe need a Federal Reserve System? -- Evaluating the hard ecu -- The US banking crisis: the way out.
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| Abstract
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The idea of free (or laissez-faire) banking has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance in recent years. It is a novel idea that challenges much of what many banking scholars still take for granted - that banking is inherently unstable, that the banking system needs a lender of last resort or deposit insurance to defend it in a crisis, and that the Government has to protect the value of the currency. Against this free banking sets an argument which is in essence very simple: if markets are generally better at allocating resources than governments, then what is different about money and the industr.
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Free banking-- History.
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Monetary policy-- History.
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Banques-- Histoire.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Banks Banking.
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Free banking.
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Monetary policy.
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| Dewey Classification
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332.1
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| LC Classification
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HG1588.D68 1993eb
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