Central Banking in the Twentieth Century

by John Singleton and John Singleton

Book Overview

Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated. John Singleton here explains how central banks and the profession of central banking have evolved and spread across the globe during this period. He shows that the central banking world has experienced two revolutions in thinking and practice, the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521899095
• ISBN13: 9780521899093
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"