Laissez Faire Banking

by Kevin Dowd

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415137322
• ISBN13: 9780415137324
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"